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This darkly comic, wonderfully inventive work, winner of the 1993 National Book Award, transforms the lore of Newfoundland--including shipwrecks, nautical knot-tying, horrid weather and family legend--into brilliant literary art. It is the story of the rebirth of Quoyle, a hulking, inarticulate, misery-ridden widower who flees upstate New York to take up residence in Newfoundland. The island of his forebears, Newfoundland is a dreary rock in the north Atlantic beset by lousy weather. Proulx lovingly recreates this hardscrabble location in her vivid, distinctive prose and populates it with a cast of amusing, richly human characters. Quoyle, a "third-rate newspaperman," makes a hit with his "Shipping News" column, while his anguish at the loss of his faithless wife is slowly transformed by the strengthening ties that bind him to the place and to his fellow Newfoundlanders.
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Off the beaten track of contemporary American fiction in both style and setting, this remarkable second novel by the author of Postcards ( LJ 12/1/91) should capture the attention of readers and critics. Huge, homely Quoyle works off and on for a newspaper. His cheating wife Petal is killed in a car crash while abandoning him and their two preschool daughters. Wallowing in grief, Quoyle agrees to accompany his elderly aunt and resettle in a remote Newfoundland fishing village. Memorable characters--gay aunt Agnis, difficult daughter Bunny, new love interest Wavey, many colorful locals in their new hometown--combine with dark stories of the Quoyle family's past and the staccato, often subjectless or verbless sentences (bound to make English teachers cringe) to create a powerful whole. For most fiction collections.
- Ann H. Fisher, Radford P.L., Va.
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- Ann H. Fisher, Radford P.L., Va.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Taschenbuch .
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The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx is a regional fictional novel that takes place in the isolated Newfoundland village of Killick - Claw. Quoyle, a middle aged man whose ancestors lived in Newfoundland returns there with his two daughters and aunt to start a new life and forget about his depressing, embarrassing past. The small town life of Killick - Claw, the starkly cruel coastline, the haunting history of Quoyle's ancestors, and a group of unforgettably unique characters who find there way into his life, help create a foundation for Quoyle to build on. Proulx is very successful in connecting all of these distinct parts and showing how they all help Quoyle start a new life. As the odd family of four starts figuring out how to fit into the culture, society, and natural setting of Killick - Claw, the reader learns to do the same with E. Annie Proulx's short, chopped writing style. The barebones lifestyle consisting of only the necessities that Quoyle learns to live is directly reflected in the writing style the author uses to portray it. Sentences are often not grammatically complete but always succeed in depicting Proulx's complete meaning. The actual text tells us: "A rough morning. Quoyle jumped down the steps. He would drive." We know, from these eleven words, what the setting is, who is involved, what he is thinking, and his plans for the morning. Without this reflective, no-nonsense writing style, Quoyle and his northern world would not be complete. Without Quoyle and Newfoundland to write about, this writing style might seem silly. As regional fiction, this novel does an excellent job of showing the importance of setting. After reading it I have an extremely clear impression of this particular section of Newfoundland coast, the points, the bays, the islands, the towns, and the isolated position of all of it. This impression of isolation is demonstrated by a description of the lack of real roads available to take Quoyle and his family from their old lives up to their remote destination in Newfoundland. On every rural road it is "Quoyle and the car in combat. Car Disintegrates on Remote Goatpath." The feeling of isolation seems to compress as they continue driving and fog descends. It is compressed so far as to seemingly turn into their destination, the lone house on the point where the aunt grew up. As they approach the house, "green of grass stain, tilted in fog," the isolation it represents seeps into them. The local setting consists of this half forgotten house, weather beaten and dilapidated, which Quoyle strives to make livable year round; the town where he covers 'the shipping news' in the local paper; the bay separating the two and causing him many uncomfortable moments concerning his distaste for boats; and the vast, rugged, ocean and coastline surrounding and intimidating him. This book makes me want to go to Newfoundland. I feel as if I could walk into the village, find my way to the 'Gammy Bird' newspaper office and greet all of Quoyle's co-workers by name. I would be prepared for the rural, isolated, aspect of the setting, and the idea that you take what comes at you and make the best of it for yourself.
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E. Annie Proulx has a gift for describing the ocean that even the late Jacques Cousteau might envy. At one point in this otherwise overrated story, she describes an unruffled bay as "an aluminum tray dotted with paper boats." And she's equally vivid when the weather turns nasty: "Translucent thirty-foot combers the color of bottles crashed onto stone, coursed bubbles into a churning lake of milk shot with foam."
Unfortunately, dead-on maritime observation and the main character's amusing habit of thinking in headlines can't by themselves redeem a meandering plot whose revelations are telegraphed whole chapters in advance of their appearance. Notice, too, that nearly every reviewer swoons over the Proulx style. Her writing is described as "staccato," "atmospheric," "vivid," and "unique." Phooey! Clerks at Western Union have been writing this way for decades. Proulx simply gets more mileage from sentence fragments than anyone else. It's a good trick, but it verges on self-parody after awhile. Some of us still believe that the best writing styles are the ones you don't notice. Bottom line: while reading this book, I stopped to read three others.
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This quirky slice-of-life tale of awakening love and self actualization in New Foundland was a pleasure to read. Getting into the author's rythms took awhile but once the mist clears (literally) in the setting of the Newfoundland bays the characters come to life and soar. I've seldom read such well-drawn characters; in a few bold strokes you feel comfortable with Quoyle, his children, the Aunt, Wavey and all the colorful colleges at the shipping news. You really come to know them as friends. Every character makes an indelible mark in your imagination. Some passages are breathtakingly beautiful and exiting. The local idioms/speech and humor are a well observed delight. Clever use is made of the book of knots to frame the action and themes. Headlines internal to the main character are witty and insightful. Dark edges of life are included in the spirit of journalistic sensationalism.
A great summer read!
A great summer read!
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Veröffentlicht am 4. Juli 2009 von Thomas Kraemer-Badoni
transformation from passive victim into a whole human being
Annie Proulx, she has a very much endowed vein for fine-intimately spoken humor. Her novel SHIPPING NEWS won the Pulitzer Prize. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 12. August 2005 von FrizzText
It took me too long
Every once in a while, I like to read Pulitzer winners. Thus, I came to appreciate plays like _Wit_, _Proof_ and _Dinner with Friends_. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 27. Juli 2002 von Ingbert Edenhofer
Absolut lesenswert
Die Autorin schafft es, den Leser in die Mystik und das karge Leben Neufundlandes aus der Sicht eines heimgekehrten, in den USA geborenen Neufundländers zu führen. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 5. Juni 2001 veröffentlicht
Dull, dull, dull
This book reminded me of an awful Pultizer Prize winner (Martin Dressler......). The book drones on and on and on. Not much ever happens story-wise. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 19. September 2000 von Jack in Oswego
I Love this book!!
"Shipping News" is in my all time favorite list. A story about interesting characters going into the wilderness to discover their family roots and identity. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 19. September 2000 von Iain Black
A new brand of "Americana"
Occasionally I find a book which is "complete" -- character, theme, writing style, imagery, mood, different strands of story -- all become interwoven (or remain... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 15. Juli 2000 veröffentlicht
"Love without pain or misery"
We could all find pieces of ourselves in this book. Lifes' journey is not easy. It's about discovery. It's about loving oneself. Simply, a nice, warm story. Cheer the underdog. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 11. Juli 2000 veröffentlicht
A great book!
I can't believe anyone would find this book boring. There is so much happening in this story, if you take the time to carefully read it. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 2. Juli 2000 von Kathleen Cutsail
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