21st Century Best Foreign Novel of the Year 2002 - The Art of Deception (Paperback)

Author: Anne Proulx
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: The Tipping Point is a long novel published by the renowned contemporary American female writer Anne Proulx at the end of 2002. This new work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author depicts the experience of an employee who uses deceptive means to select pig farm sites for Global Porkskin Company. It integrates humor and exaggeration, regional history and current reality, landscape descriptions and character portrayals, weaving together the customs, legends, and many eccentric characters of the remote grasslands on the border of Texas and Oklahoma, opening up new areas for literary creation. The novel highlights the tension between capital expansion and the ecological environment, and offers new reflections on human lifestyles, moral choices, and the meaning of life.