by E. Annie Proulx · Scribner · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780671510053
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«The Shipping News» is the novel by E. Annie Proulx, published by Scribner in hardback (352 pages, in English).
Quoyle, a grey journalist, loses his unfaithful wife and decides to start over in Newfoundland, the land of his ancestors, with his two daughters and an aunt. There he finds work at a local newspaper and integrates into a tough coastal community. The novel portrays his personal reconstruction, family and resilience against a hostile environment, with black humour.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award, it is set on the coast of Newfoundland.
Recommended for book clubs and for readers of literary fiction who enjoy novels with atmosphere and memorable characters.
