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Jack Twist and Ennis del Mar lead hard and lonely lives as ranch hands in the uncompromising landscape of Wyoming, when unexpected companionship on Brokeback Mountain leads to something more beautiful, more-painful - and more deadly... "If you can't fix it you got a stand it." Ennis' words run like a harsh prairie stormwind through the starkly memorable, desperately poignant tales of the love, loss, ranch life and rodeo bulls of Close Range. In this ruthless struggle for survival on the unforgiving plains, both man and nature are forced to eke out a difficult existence in a battle to the death. Inventive, compassionate and full of…

Сборник рассказов Энни Прул, лауреата Пулицеровской премии (1994), автора романа "Корабельные новости" (2005), - это история непростой жизни обитателей северного штата Вайоминг. Каждый из них доказывает свое право на жизнь. Один из рассказов, "Горбатая гора", лег в основу сценария оскаровского блокбастера известного режиссера Энга Ли.

Jack Twist and Ennis del Mar live hard and lonely lives as ranch hands in the wild, unforgiving landscape of Wyoming. They are 'country boys with no prospects, brought up to hard work and privation, both rough-mannered and tough-spoken'. Glad to have found one another's company where none had been expected. But suddenly companionship becomes something else on Brokeback Mountain: something not looked for, something deadly...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of The Shipping News and Accordion Crimes comes one of the most celebrated short-story collections of our time. Annie Proulx's masterful language and fierce love of Wyoming are evident in these breathtaking tales of loneliness, quick violence, and the wrong kinds of love. Each of the stunning portraits in Close Range reveals characters fiercely wrought with precision and grace. These are stories of desperation and unlikely elation, set in a landscape both stark and magnificent -- by an author writing at the peak of her craft.

Short-story collection from the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of The Shipping News and Accordion Crimes. Annie Proulx's masterful language and fierce love of Wyoming are evident in these tales of loneliness, quick violence, and the wrong kinds of love. Each of the portraits in Close Range reveals characters fiercely wrought with precision and grace. These are stories of desperation and unlikely elation, set in a landscape both stark and magnificent.

Annie Proulx's masterful language and fierce love of Wyoming are evident in this collection of stories about loneliness, quick violence, and wrong kinds of love. In "The Mud Below," a rodeo rider's obsession marks the deepening fissures between his family life and self-imposed isolation. In "The Half-Skinned Steer," an elderly fool drives west to the ranch he grew up on for his brother's funeral, and dies a mile from home. In "Brokeback Mountain," the difficult affair between two cowboys survives everything but the world's violent intolerance. These are stories of desperation, hard times, and unlikely elation, set in a landscape both…