The Shipping News
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The Shipping News

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The Shipping News

About this book

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 1994

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 1993

'A grand, inimitable writer' OBSERVER

'Heartwarming, humorous and poignant' SUNDAY TIMES

What we have to get over, somehow we do. Even the worst things.

Quoyle has endured a life of disappointment. A failed journalist and now a failed husband, he finds himself trapped in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful woman who despises him.

When his wife is killed in a car accident, Quoyle makes the rash decision to retreat with his two daughters to their dilapidated, ancestral home on the remote island of Newfoundland. As three generations of his family cobble together new lives there amongst the unpredictable forces of nature and small town life, Quoyle confronts his private demons and is forced to chart a new course.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, The Shipping News is a rousing reminder of the power of second chances and the importance of finding your place in the world.

'A fierce elegy for a world of weatherbeaten fishermen and cold winters' INDEPENDENT

'Proulx excels at portraying the huge struggles and small hopes of ordinary people' LISSA EVANS, author of V is for Victory

'A reminder that uprooting one's life is not only for the young and starry-eyed' C PAM ZHANG, author of Land of Milk and Honey

Information

Publisher
Fourth Estate
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9780007441921
eBook ISBN
9780007386819
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Classics
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Praise
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. 1: Quoyle
  7. 2: Love Knot
  8. 3: Strangle Knot
  9. 4: Cast Away
  10. 5: A Rolling Hitch
  11. 6: Between Ships
  12. 7: The Gammy Bird
  13. 8: A Slippery Hitch
  14. 9: The Mooring Hitch
  15. 10: The Voyage of Nutbeem
  16. 11: A Breastpin of Human Hair
  17. 12: The Stern Wave
  18. 13: The Dutch Cringle
  19. 14: Wavey
  20. 15: The Upholstery Shop
  21. 16: Beety’s Kitchen
  22. 17: The Shipping News
  23. 18: Lobster Pie
  24. 19: Good-bye, Buddy
  25. 20: Gaze Island
  26. 21: Poetic Navigation
  27. 22: Dogs and Cats
  28. 23: Maleficium
  29. 24: Berry Picking
  30. 25: Oil
  31. 26: Deadman
  32. 27: Newsroom
  33. 28: The Skaters Chain Grip
  34. 29: Alvin Yark
  35. 30: The Sun Clouded Over
  36. 31: Sometimes You Just Lose It
  37. 32: The Hairy Devil
  38. 33: The Cousin
  39. 34: Dressing Up
  40. 35: The Day’s Work
  41. 36: Straitjacket
  42. 37: Slingstones
  43. 38: The Sled Dog Driver’s Dream
  44. 39: Shining Hubcaps
  45. Keep Reading
  46. P.S: Ideas, Interviews & Features …
  47. Acknowledgments
  48. Also by Annie Proulx
  49. About the Publisher

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