{"product_id":"the-shipping-news","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).\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0671510053\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780671510053\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Proulx, Annie, N\/A, N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Jun 1994)","offer_id":45659962376389,"sku":"9780671510053","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780671510053.jpg?v=1768916331","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/the-shipping-news","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}