The Shipping News by Annie Proulx

The Shipping News by Annie Proulx

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The Shipping News by Annie Proulx

Lazy Dog - This lazy dog doesn't want to play. . . . Or does she? Panic at the Beach - A family day out at the beach is lots of fun for everyone, until somebody wanders off.

‘A very impressive achievementSo funny, so full of delights.’ Guardian

‘As stark and ruggedly beautiful as the storm-battered coast of Newfoundland itself.’ Sunday Telegraph

‘Ambitious and accomplished…The characterisation is rich, the dialogue both original and convincing.’ Alan Massie, Scotsman

‘A stunning novel.’ Observer

‘To read “The Shipping News” is to yearn to be sitting in The Flying Squid Lunchstop, eating seal fin curry, watching the icebergs clink together in the bay.’ The Times

Annie Proulx published her first novel ‘Postcards’ in 1991 at the age of 56. ‘The Shipping News’ won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the National Book Award and the Irish Times International Prize. Her third novel, ‘Accordion Crimes’, was published in 1996. She is also the author of three short-story collections, ‘Heart Songs’ (1994), ‘Close Range’ (1999) and ‘Bad Dirt’ (2004). ‘Brokeback Mountain’ was made into an Oscar-winning film in 2005. ‘Fine Just the Way It Is’, her third collection of Wyoming short stories, was published in 2008.

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ISBN 13 9780008329716
ISBN 10 0008329710
Title The Shipping News
Author Annie Proulx
Series 4th Estate Matchbook Classics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 2019-04-04
Number of pages 368
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.