The Shipping News

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The Shipping News is a Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Annie Proulx that follows a struggling newspaperman who relocates with his family to a remote Newfoundland town, exploring themes of identity, community, and renewal.

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instanceOf film
novel
adaptedAs The Shipping News (film) NERFINISHED
author Annie Proulx NERFINISHED
awardReceived National Book Award for Fiction NERFINISHED
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction NERFINISHED
basedOn The Shipping News NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtist Chip Kidd NERFINISHED
director Lasse Hallström NERFINISHED
genre literary fiction
psychological fiction
regional fiction
hasCharacter Agnis Hamm NERFINISHED
Bunny Quoyle NERFINISHED
Sunshine Quoyle NERFINISHED
Wavey Prowse NERFINISHED
hasISBN 0-684-19302-2
hasLiteraryForm prose
hasMediaType hardcover
paperback
print
literaryAwardYear 1994
literaryPeriod contemporary literature
mainCharacter Quoyle NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor depiction of Newfoundland coastal life
innovative narrative structure
use of dark humor
originalLanguage English
pageCount 337
placeOfAction Killick-Claw NERFINISHED
protagonistOccupation newspaperman
publicationYear 1993
publisher Charles Scribner's Sons NERFINISHED
releaseYear 2001
settingLocation Canada NERFINISHED
Newfoundland NERFINISHED
starring Judi Dench NERFINISHED
Julianne Moore NERFINISHED
Kevin Spacey NERFINISHED
theme belonging
community
family
healing from trauma
identity
renewal

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Annie Proulx notableWork The Shipping News