by Annie Proulx · List · tapa dura · ISBN 9783471784303
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«Schiffsmeldungen» is a novel by Annie Proulx, published by List in hardback (392 pages, in German).
Quoyle, after years of unhappiness, moves with his daughters to a rocky island in Newfoundland seeking a new beginning. Among local characters and relatives, he tries to rebuild his life in the face of his inner demons and a hostile environment. The novel, sombre and at times magical, portrays the contemporary family and the possibility of love without pain or misery.
Published in 1995, it is the German translation of «The Shipping News» (1993), by Michael Hofmann; the novel won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction, book clubs, and those seeking a story set on the Canadian Atlantic coast.
Edna Ann Proulx is an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. She has written most frequently as Annie Proulx but has also used the names E. Annie Proulx and E. A. Proulx.
