The Shipping News
Published on 4. February 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-1-84115-059-8 (ISBN)
Description
A new edition of Annie Proulx's bestselling, Pulitzer prize-winning novel to tie-in with the film of The Shipping News starring Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench.
Quoyle is a hapless, hopeless hack journalist living and working in New York. When his no-good wife is killed in a spectacular road accident, Quoyle heads for the land of his forefathers - the remotest corner of far-flung Newfoundland. With 'the aunt' and his delinquent daughters - Bunny and Sunshine - in tow, Quoyle finds himself part of an unfolding, exhilarating Atlantic drama.
The Shipping News is an irresistible comedy of human life and possibility.
'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
Quoyle is a hapless, hopeless hack journalist living and working in New York. When his no-good wife is killed in a spectacular road accident, Quoyle heads for the land of his forefathers - the remotest corner of far-flung Newfoundland. With 'the aunt' and his delinquent daughters - Bunny and Sunshine - in tow, Quoyle finds himself part of an unfolding, exhilarating Atlantic drama.
The Shipping News is an irresistible comedy of human life and possibility.
'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
Reviews / Votes
* 'A very impressive achievement. So 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
More details
Edition
Film tie-in edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition type
Media tie-in
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paperback (UK-A)
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 111 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
200 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84115-059-8 (9781841150598)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Book
08/1994
1st Edition
4th Estate
€13.00
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Person
E..Annie Proulx published her first novel Postcards in 1991 at the age of 56. The Shipping News won the Pulitzer, the National Book Award and the Irish Times International Prize. Her most recent book, CLOSE RANGE, was a number one bestseller.