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The Shipping News
by Annie Proulx
This book is for displaying the front cover on one's bookshelf. It is mysterious, an internal maze of intent and with great depth into the nature of conscious experience. Of course, it is true that a book with cold weather settings will sometimes entertain me enough, but the setting is backlight compared to the perceptions and tenderness of character; this is quite simply a masterpiece.
I received this (as I did a number of books for a handful of years) from my sister, who used to be somewhat high up in a particular company with authorial and public relations. For some reason, I feel that I would not have been surprised to find the book autographed. Each year, she would give me a copy of a book she thought fit my personality and writer's eye, had won some type of award (even if 'twere given by a small but cautious group - in my opinion, the best kind), and built my personal library in keeping with my English faire. She knew that I was selective in my choices to read, converse, hold and engage. She was spot on with this material. I am still selective, and still proud to engage this work.
I received this (as I did a number of books for a handful of years) from my sister, who used to be somewhat high up in a particular company with authorial and public relations. For some reason, I feel that I would not have been surprised to find the book autographed. Each year, she would give me a copy of a book she thought fit my personality and writer's eye, had won some type of award (even if 'twere given by a small but cautious group - in my opinion, the best kind), and built my personal library in keeping with my English faire. She knew that I was selective in my choices to read, converse, hold and engage. She was spot on with this material. I am still selective, and still proud to engage this work.