Judy's review of The Shipping News : A Novel
The Shipping News : A Novel by Annie Proulx
Never the lack of quirky, astonishing characters in Annie Proulx's novels. Interesting to note that this is the first book in which I've ever encountered a child with Downs Syndrome and his portrait is tenderly rendered.
Follows a man's life from the emotional devastation of a dysfunctional marriage and the death of his wife and his parents. He starts anew, with young daughters and an aunt, in the place of his ancestors: the island of Newfoundland—with plenty of kick ass descriptions of the starkly beautiful landscape.
With no writing ability, but some experience as a reporter, he gets hired to work with the local paper in the areas of car wrecks and the shipping news. A car wreck must always appear on the front page. If no wrecks happen that week then old photos and stories must be dug up from the archives, Jack Buggit's orders.
Jack assigns people to the areas of their weakness. Quoyle's wife died in a terrible car accident so Jack puts him on car wrecks. Nutbeem was se...more
Follows a man's life from the emotional devastation of a dysfunctional marriage and the death of his wife and his parents. He starts anew, with young daughters and an aunt, in the place of his ancestors: the island of Newfoundland—with plenty of kick ass descriptions of the starkly beautiful landscape.
With no writing ability, but some experience as a reporter, he gets hired to work with the local paper in the areas of car wrecks and the shipping news. A car wreck must always appear on the front page. If no wrecks happen that week then old photos and stories must be dug up from the archives, Jack Buggit's orders.
Jack assigns people to the areas of their weakness. Quoyle's wife died in a terrible car accident so Jack puts him on car wrecks. Nutbeem was se...more
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