Shipping News
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‘A very impressive achievement. So funny, so full of delights.’ Guardian
‘As stark and ruggedly beautiful as the storm-battered coast of Newfoundland itself.’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Ambitious and accomplished…The characterisation is rich, the dialogue both original and convincing.’ Alan Massie, Scotsman
‘A stunning novel.’ Observer
‘To read “The Shipping News” is to yearn to be sitting in The Flying Squid Lunchstop, eating seal fin curry, watching the icebergs clink together in the bay.’ The Times
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Store og keitete Quoyle har hatt en mengde tilfeldige jobber før han 36 år gammel blir ansatt som journalist i en lokalavis. Han faller for Petal, og de to gifter seg, men Petal går lei, og stikker av med en annen. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- 4th Estate
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781857022421
- Utgivelsesår
- 1994
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
- Priser
- Winner of Pulitzer Prize Fiction Category 1994 and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1994 and Irish Times Literary Prize: International Fiction Category 1994 and United States National Book Awards: Fiction 1993.
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‘A very impressive achievement. So funny, so full of delights.’ Guardian
‘As stark and ruggedly beautiful as the storm-battered coast of Newfoundland itself.’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Ambitious and accomplished…The characterisation is rich, the dialogue both original and convincing.’ Alan Massie, Scotsman
‘A stunning novel.’ Observer
‘To read “The Shipping News” is to yearn to be sitting in The Flying Squid Lunchstop, eating seal fin curry, watching the icebergs clink together in the bay.’ The Times
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