“We run a car wreck photo every week, whether we have a car wreck or not. That's our golden rule.”
The Shipping News (1993)
Edna Annie Proulx, née le 22 août 1935 à Norwich dans le Connecticut, est une femme de lettres américaine. Elle a principalement écrit sous le nom d'Annie Proulx mais a également signé parfois E. Annie Proulx et E.A. Proulx.
Son second roman, The Shipping News paru en 1993, a été récompensé par le prix Pulitzer de la fiction et le National Book Award de la fiction. Une adaptation cinématographique du même nom en a été tirée en 2001. Le film tiré en 2005 de sa nouvelle Brokeback Mountain a été couronné par un oscar, un BAFTA Award ainsi qu'un Golden Globe. Avec son premier roman Cartes postales , elle a reçu le PEN/Faulkner Award dans la catégorie fiction.
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“We run a car wreck photo every week, whether we have a car wreck or not. That's our golden rule.”
The Shipping News (1993)
“All stemmed from Quoyle's chief failure, a failure of normal appearance.”
Source: The Shipping News (1993), P. 2
“The ocean twitched like a vast cloth spread over snakes.”
Source: The Shipping News (1993), P. 193
“Quoyle, who spoke little himself, inspired talkers. His only skill in the game of life”
Source: The Shipping News (1993), P. 9
“And three lucky stones strung on a wire to keep the house safe.”
Source: The Shipping News (1993), P. 45
“Quoyle large, white, stumbling along going nowhere”
Source: The Shipping News (1993), P. 4
“Dad, are we scared?' said Sunshine. 'No, honey. It's an adventure.”
Source: The Shipping News (1993), P. 51
On literary prizes only awarded to women in “Annie Proulx: ‘I’ve had a life. I see how slippery things can be’” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jun/05/annie-proulx-ive-had-a-life-i-see-how-slippery-things-can-be in The Guardian (2016 Jun 5)
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On women being expected to embrace motherhood naturally in “Annie Proulx: ‘I’ve had a life. I see how slippery things can be’” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jun/05/annie-proulx-ive-had-a-life-i-see-how-slippery-things-can-be in The Guardian (2016 Jun 5)
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On her novel Barkskin in “Annie Proulx: ‘I’ve had a life. I see how slippery things can be’” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jun/05/annie-proulx-ive-had-a-life-i-see-how-slippery-things-can-be in The Guardian (2016 Jun 5)
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On her writing process in in “An Interview with Annie Proulx” https://www.missourireview.com/article/an-interview-with-annie-proulx/ in The Missouri Review (1999 Mar 1)
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On her short story collection Close Range: Wyoming Stories in “An Interview with Annie Proulx” https://www.missourireview.com/article/an-interview-with-annie-proulx/ in The Missouri Review (1999 Mar 1)
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On the subjects that she most likes to write about in “An Interview with Annie Proulx” https://www.missourireview.com/article/an-interview-with-annie-proulx/ in The Missouri Review (1999 Mar 1)
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“I loathe interviews and getting me to sit still for a whole day is unprecedented.”
On her dislike of interviews in “Annie Proulx, The Art of Fiction No. 199” https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5901/annie-proulx-the-art-of-fiction-no-199-annie- in The Paris Review (Spring 2009)
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