{"product_id":"the-shipping-news-9780671510053","title":"The Shipping News","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize, \u003ci\u003eThe Shipping News\u003c\/i\u003e is a vigorous, darkly comic, at times magical portrait of the contemporary North American family, and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"a rare creation, a lyric page-turner\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt thirty-six, Quoyle, a third-rate newspaperman is wrenched violently out of his world when his two-timing wife meets her just desserts. He retreats with his two daughters to his ancestral home on the starkly beautiful Newfoundland coast, where a rich cast of local characters all play a part in Quoyle's struggle to reclaim his life. As three generations of his family cobble up new lives, Quoyle confronts his private demons--and the unpredictable forces of nature and society--and begins to see the possibility of love without pain or misery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shipping News\u003c\/i\u003e \"is charged with sardonic wit--alive, funny, a little threatening: packed with brilliantly original images...and now and then, a sentence that simply takes your breath away\" (\u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnnie Proulx is the author of nine books, including the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Shipping News\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBarkskins\u003c\/i\u003e, and the story collection \u003ci\u003eClose Range\u003c\/i\u003e. Her many honors include a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and a PEN\/Faulkner award. Her story \"Brokeback Mountain,\" which originally appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, was made into an Academy Award-winning film. \u003ci\u003eFen, Bog, and Swamp \u003c\/i\u003eis her second work of nonfiction. She lives in New Hampshire.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50601340993810,"sku":"9780671510053","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_47bf68a8-b996-4b6e-afeb-c906bc4fef2d.jpg?v=1757421913","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-shipping-news-9780671510053","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}