Schiffsmeldungen
About this book
At thirty-six, Quoyle, a third-rate newspaperman, is wrenched violently out of his workaday life when his two-timing wife meets her just deserts. 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. A vigorous, darkly comic, and at times magical portrait of the contemporary American family, The Shipping News shows why E. Annie Proulx is recognized as one of the most gifted and original writers in America today.
Leserprofil
3.9/5 · 155152 Leser · 348 Seiten · ≈ 6 h 27 m · Mittel
Wie lange dauert das Lesen von The Shipping News?
Etwa ≈ 6 h 27 m — 348 Seiten, bei rund 250 Wörtern pro Seite und 225 Wörtern pro Minute.
Wie viele Seiten hat The Shipping News?
348 Seiten in seiner meistgelesenen Ausgabe.
Welches Genre hat The Shipping News?
Es steht in den Regalen Fiction.
Wurde The Shipping News verfilmt oder adaptiert?
Ja — zu den Adaptionen gehören The Shipping News (2001).
Ist The Shipping News gemeinfrei?
Nein — es ist noch urheberrechtlich geschützt.
Wer sind die Hauptfiguren in The Shipping News?
Zu den Hauptfiguren gehören Quoyle, Petal Bear, Bunny, Sunshine.
Wo spielt The Shipping News?
Die Geschichte spielt an Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Upstate.
Wer hat The Shipping News geschrieben?
Annie Proulx.
“Here is an account of a few years in the life of Quoyle, born in Brooklyn and raised in a shuffle of dreary upstate towns.”