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The Shipping News: A Novel

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The Shipping News: A Novel

by Annie Proulx

Simon & Schuster | December 15, 2001 | Mass Market Paperbound

When Quoyle's two-timing wife meets her just deserts, 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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    Rating: 2/5

    Didn't love it

    Willa

    5 weeks ago

    I was excited to read this since it was a pulitizer winner, but I did not really enjoy it. It just didn't grip me and it's a bit melancholy so you need to be in the right mood to read this.

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    Rating: 3/5

    Better as a movie?

    heartz

    6 weeks ago

    So I bought this book online at chapters because it was really cheap. It also said it won the Pulitzer Prize. I thought to myself, 'why not?' and bought it. When I received the book and saw the cover, I realized it had been made into a movie. I never knew that and I haven't seen the movie yet.
    So I start reading the book. It took awhile to get into it and get used to the author's style. I can't say I like it all that much. It's very disjointed. I understand that the style is important to the story and its portrayal, but it is hard to get used to.
    It's an interesting story of this man who basically lets everyone walk all over him, including his two-timing (or maybe six- or seven-timing) wife and family. After the death of his parents and then his wife, he moves to Newfoundland with his two daughters and old aunt to start a new life. Pretty cool, huh? I thought so.
    The back of the book said that he begins to see the possibility of love without pain or misery. I was really looking forward to this transformation. It wasn't until I was two-thirds of the way through the book that I realized that this transformation hadn't really started at all. His love interest didn't get much further than thoughts of passion and coy looks, moments of silence and people's comments.
    So now what? All I could think was that this book would be better as a movie. It would probably flow better and the author did a great job of developing an image. I was extremely disappointed in the ending. I felt like it should have gone further and moved quicker or something.
    What can I say about this book? It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great. I'm looking forward to see the movie - maybe it will be a bit more entertaining. Plus it has Kevin Spacey and Julianne Moore in it.

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    Rating: 5/5

    Amazing.

    shredthegnar74

    6 months ago

    Phenomenal writing, amazing story.

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    B. Hamilton

    Rating: 5/5

    Newfoundland Joy

    B. Hamilton

    11 years ago

    One of the best books I've read in years. The wordsmithing is 1st class. Visual images of life in a small village in Newfoundland is both heartwarming and poignant. The characters jump out of the pages at you. Highly recommend reading this novel.

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When Quoyle's two-timing wife meets her just deserts, 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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When Quoyle's two-timing wife meets her just deserts, 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.

About the Author

Writer E. Annie Proulx was born in Norwich, Connecticut on August 22, 1935. She graduated from the University of Vermont in 1969 and earned an M. A. from George Williams University in Montreal in 1973. , won the National Book Award for Fiction, the Chicago Tribune Heartland Award, the Irish Times International Fiction Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Accordion Crimes, published in 1996, won the Dos Passos Prize for literature. She has written more than fifty articles and stories for periodicals and edited Best American Short Stories of 1997.

Mass Market Paperbound

368 Pages, 4.18 x 6.8 x 0.98 IN

December 15, 2001

Simon & Schuster

English


0743225406
9780743225403

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