The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
Winner of the Irish Times International Fiction Award and America's National Book Award, this story features Quoyle, a failed journalist, a failed husband and a born loser who heads for a remote corner of Newfoundland with his two daughters and eccentric aunt.Annie Proulx was born in Connecticut in 1935. She wins the PEN/Faulkner Award for her first novel, Cartes postales (1992), and the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award the following year for Noeuds et dénouements (Cahiers rouges, 2005). They'll see Les Crimes de l'Accordéon (Grasset, 2004), Un as dans la manche (Grasset, 2005), and the new Brokeback Mountain (Grasset, 2006), which is based on Ang Lee's famous film. Annie Proulx, regarded as one of America's greatest writers, currently resides in Wyoming.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780671510053 |
| ISBN 10 | 0671510053 |
| Title | The Shipping News |
| Author | Annie Proulx |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 1994-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Prizes | Winner of Pulitzer Prize Fiction Category 1994, Winner of Irish Times Literary Prize: International Fiction Category 1994, Winner of United States National Book Awards: Fiction 1993 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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