01806nam a22003617i 4500 174848 174848 PPAK 20191112115618.0 191107s20191993enk e 000 1 eng d 9780008329716 RM49.90 paperback PPAK eng PPAK rda 23 813.54 813.54 PRO G Proulx, Annie, 1935- author. THE SHIPPING NEWS / ANNIE PROULX 4th Estate Matchbook Classics edition 1 London : 4th Estate, 2019. ©1993 x, 355 pages : 20 cm rdacontent text rdamedia unmediated rdacarrier volume 4th Estate Matchbook Classics Originally published: 1993. uoyle is a hapless, hopeless hack journalist living and working in New York. While weathering the storm that is his marriage of one-way love to his no-good wife Petal, disaster strikes and Petal is killed in a spectacular road accident. Set adrift on an aimless quest, Quoyle heads for the land of his forefathers to the remote corners of far-flung Newfoundland. With his delinquent daughters Bunny and Sunshine in tow, Quoyle takes up the post of shipping news reporter, and finds himself part of an unfolding, exhilarating Atlantic drama. The Shipping News is an irresistible comedy of human life and possibility. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1994. Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction, 1993. Families Newfoundland and Labrador Fiction Journalists Newfoundland and Labrador Fiction Newfoundland and Labrador Fiction Domestic fiction 4th Estate matchbook classics ddc B 0 0 PPAK G 2019-11-24 3 2 813.54 PRO A01619874 2023-12-06 15:34:42 2023-11-20 B 0 0 KM G 2019-11-24 1 813.54 PRO A01619875 2025-05-13 10:20:00 2025-04-22 B 0 0 SP G 2019-11-24 1 813.54 PRO A01619876 2023-05-03 00:00:00 2023-04-29 B