Close Range: Wyoming Stories
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Author | E. Annie Proulx |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Watercolors by William Matthews |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Scribner |
| Publication date | May 10, 1999 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 288 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0684852217 |
Close Range: Wyoming Stories is a 1999 collection of short stories written by E. Annie Proulx. The stories are set in the desolate landscape of rural Wyoming and detail the often grim lives of the protagonists.
The most acclaimed story from the collection is Brokeback Mountain, which was previously published as a 64-page novella in 1998. This story has been made into a 2005 motion picture, Brokeback Mountain, directed by Ang Lee and starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal.
It contains 11 short stories:
The Half-Skinned Steer
The Mud Below
Job History
The Blood Bay
People in Hell Just Want a Drink of Water
The Bunchgrass Edge of the World
Pair a Spurs
A Lonely Coast
The Governors of Wyoming
55 Miles to the Gas Pump
Brokeback Mountain
[edit] External links
- Don't Fence Me In: Book review by the New York Times
