false 1627 21 Annie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in contemporary literature, and for many readers and reviewers, "Brokeback Mountain" is her masterpiece.<P>Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist, two ranch hands, come together when they're working as sheepherder and camp tender one summer on a range above the tree line. At first, sharing an isolated tent, the attraction is casual, inevitable, but something deeper catches them that summer.<P>Both men work hard, marry, and have kids because that's what cowboys do. But over the course of many years and frequent separations this relationship becomes the most important thing in their lives, and they do anything they can to preserve it.<P><I>The New Yorker</I> won the National Magazine Award for Fiction for its publication of "Brokeback Mountain," and the story was included in <I>Prize Stories 1998: The O. Henry Awards.</I> In gorgeous and haunting prose, Proulx limns the difficult, dangerous affair between two cowboys that survives everything but the world's violent intolerance.<P> 1795113 book 13 10 1997 Brokeback Mountain total:2852|5:927|4:992|3:692|2:190|1:51| 2852 11110 3512 316 5 9 false false Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 03:27:42 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 16:33:10 -0800 2008
I'm ashamed to say that I attempted to watch the film, but fell asleep about 45 minutes in. Now that I've read this story, I'm going to revisit the film.

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Opowiadanie jest takie surowe, można by powiedzieć, że źle napisane, ale moim zdaniem ten styl (zwłaszcza w tym przypadku) ma swój urok i mi pasuje. To dobre opowiadanie. Takie inne.

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But anyway, I guess we're supposed to talk about the "writing."
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Close Range consists of the following collection of short stories:

T...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Jul 27 07:41:41 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 07:41:41 -0700 2009 The way I interpret the narrative is that both men find themselves, as individuals, pitted against the forces of nature - the vast terrain, the livestock, the climatic conditions. The symbolism of blood and physical pain, the imagery of storms, winds, cold temperat...more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Mar 18 13:14:09 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 13:16:10 -0700 2008 3 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 09:21:30 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 21 00:35:40 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 13:54:28 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 02:23:55 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 3 3 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 16:10:20 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 13:26:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Sep 04 11:01:11 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 11:02:31 -0700 2008 1 1 false false Mon Oct 15 12:39:28 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 15 12:39:28 -0700 2007 5 1 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Jan 29 22:01:12 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 22:07:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Apr 13 04:34:35 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 04:34:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 true false Fri Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed May 06 03:56:36 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 03:57:35 -0700 2009 1 more...]]>