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Scribner, November 2004
eBook, 240 pages
ISBN-10: 0743273486
ISBN-13: 9780743273480
Description
Annie Proulx's new collection is peopled by characters who struggle with circumstances beyond their control. Born to ranching, drawn to it, or desperate to get out, they inhabit worlds that are isolated and often dangerous. Trouble comes at them from unexpected angles, and they drive themselves through it, hardheaded and resourceful. No one writes better than Proulx about the American west and about lives that may no longer be viable. This is a stunning collection by one of the most vivid and exhilarating writers of our time.
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Browse Inside Bad Dirt"Annie Proulx is a genuine character -- a true original. She has a shrewd understanding of people, a strong feeling for landscape...and a wry sense of humor rather like Mark Twain's."
-- Los Angeles Times
-- Los Angeles Times
"Proulx renews the Western tradition of the short story as the tall tale....[She] does a matchless job of summing up the human comedy of the modern West."
-- Time
-- Time
"Annie Proulx is a genuine character -- a true original. She has a shrewd understanding of people, a strong feeling for landscape...and a wry sense of humor."
-- Los Angeles Times
-- Los Angeles Times
"Annie Proulx is a genuine character -- a true original. She has a shrewd understanding of people, a strong feeling for landscape...and a wry sense of humor rather like Mark Twain's."
-- Los Angeles Times
Annie Proulx's Books
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Bird CloudPart autobiography, part natural history, Bird Cloud is the glorious story of Annie Proulx's piece of the Wyoming landscape and her home there.Read More
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The Shipping NewsWhen Quoyle's two-timing wife meets her just desserts, he retreats with his two daughters to his ancestral home on the starkly beautiful Newfoundland...Read More
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That Old Ace in the HoleFrom Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner Annie Proulx comes That Old Ace in the Hole, an exhilarating story brimming with language, history,...Read More -
Accordion CrimesE. Annie Proulx's Accordion Crimes is a masterpiece of storytelling that spans a century and a continent. Proulx brings the immigrant experience in...Read More
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Brokeback MountainWINNER OF THE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL GOLDEN LION AWARD Annie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in...Read More
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Brokeback Mountain: Story to ScreenplayAnnie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in contemporary literature, and for many readers and reviewers,...Read More
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Fine Just the Way It IsThe dazzling and acclaimed final installment of the Wyoming Stories from National Book Award-winner Annie Proulx.Read More
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Close RangeAnnie Proulx's masterful language and fierce love of Wyoming are evident in this collection of stories about loneliness, quick violence, and wrong...Read More
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Heart Songs and Other StoriesBefore she wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller The Shipping News, E. Annie Proulx was already producing some of the finest short fiction in...Read More
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