Proulx Annie. The Shipping News

Ms. Proulx blends Newfoundland argot, savage history, impressively diverse characters, fine
descriptions of weather and scenery, and comic horseplay without ever lessening the reader’s
interest.
—The AtlanticVigorous, quirky displays Ms. Proulx’s surreal humor and her zest for the strange foibles of
humanity.
—Howard Norman, The New York Times Book ReviewAn exciting, beautifully written novel of great feeling about hot people in the northern ice.
—Grace PaleyThe Shipping News is a wildly comic, heart-thumping romance. Here is a novel that gives us a
hero for our times.
—Sandra Scofield, The Washington Post Book WorldThe reader is assaulted by a rich, down-in-the-dirt, up-in-the-skies prose full of portents,
repetitions, hold metaphors, brusque dialogues and set pieces of great beauty.
—Nicci Gerrard, The Observer (London)A funny-tragic Gothic tale, with a speed boat of a plot, overflowing with Black-comic characters.
But it’s also that contemporary rarity, a tale of redemption and healing, a celebration of the resilience of the human spirit, and most rare of all perhaps, a sweet and tender romance.
—Sandra Gwynn, The Toronto Star