The Shipping News

E. Annie Proulx

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Awards

Winner of United States National Book Awards: Fiction 1993.

Winner of Pulitzer Prize Fiction Category 1994.

Winner of Irish Times Literary Prize: International Fiction Category 1994.

Winner of Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1994.

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When Quoyle's two-timing wife meets her just desserts, he retreats with his two daughters to his ancestral home on the starkly beautiful Newfoundland coast, where a rich cast of local characters and family members all play a part in Quoyle's struggle to reclaim his life. As Quoyle confronts his private demons -- and the unpredictable forces of nature and society -- he begins to see the possibility of love without pain or misery.

A vigorous, darkly comic, and at times magical portrait of the contemporary North American family, The Shipping News shows why Annie Proulx is recognized as one of the most gifted and original writers in America today.

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gorrig rated this book

Loved this book although I readit sometime ago.

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crystal.schulte rated this book

I'm reading this book right now. I know it's won all sorts of prizes and the storyline so far is really good. However, the writing style takes some getting used to. She uses odd sentence fragments rather than full sentences throughout the entirety of the book. I don't really like it. But, as I said, the story is interesting, so I'm going to finish it.

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JanieMac rated this book

I finished reading this book a couple of months ago. The charactersna dnstory stayed with me for some weeks. A great read.

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