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Proulx annie brokeback mountain6/22/2023 ![]() ![]() The story is of lost opportunities and risks not taken. The story covers 20 years with seamless transitions, making it easy for the reader to know the every who, what, where, when, why and how aspect of the story.įorget that the protagonists are gay. I feel as if in these mere 55 pages, I know the complete story of Jack and Ennis, together and apart. The landscape is sweeping and reminds me of Nicholas Evans' The Horse Whisperer.Īnd the way Proulx spans time is amazing. She uses color the way the Great Masters did: both vivid and subtle at once. ![]() Louis, Mo., if you ever get the chance).īrokeback is beautiful. I meant to track down a copy of the story but I was lucky enough to find a reissued copy (thanks, Scribner) in my local indie bookstore (which is Left Bank Books in St. Proulx is one of the most literary and accessible writers of her generation. However, when I learned that it was based on the Annie Proulx short story of the same name, well, that got my attention. When Brokeback Mountain rolled into the theatres, I admit that I wasn't interested. ![]()
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