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Close Range: Brokeback Mountain and Other Stories Paperback – 7 Nov. 2005

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The book behind Ang Lee's Oscar-winning film, Brokeback Mountain, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2025.

‘These are tales we can almost feel in our bones’ SUNDAY TIMES

A collection of short stories inspired by the harsh and unforgiving landscape of Wyoming, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Shipping News.

Originally published in The New Yorker in 1997, Proux's short story, 'Brokeback Mountain' is set in the beautiful, wild landscape of Wyoming where cowboys live as they have done for generations. Hard, lonely lives in an unforgiving country. Jack Twist and Ennis del Mar are two ranch hands, glad to have found each other’s company where none had been expected. But companionship becomes something else on Brokeback Mountain, something not looked for – an intimacy neither can forget.

In 2005, ‘Brokeback Mountain’ was made into an Academy Award-winning film by Ang Lee, and starred Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway.

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    7 Nov. 2005
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    12.9 x 2.03 x 19.81 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0007205589
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0007205585
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‘Ms. Proulx writes with all the brutal beauty of one of her Wyoming snowstorms’ The Wall Street Journal

‘A stunning collection of eleven tales about the hard lives of the ranchers, cowpokes and country wives who struggle to survive in an unforgiving environment. Written in a wonderfully flexible style that can be both spare and extravagant, her book has been hailed by American critics as a masterpiece’ Daily Telegraph

‘Like a mystic seeing the transfigured universe, she recreates the beauty of ordinary things’ Independent on Sunday

‘The detail is meticulous, the prose poetic and Proulx's fiction teems with life. Above all, her stories engage the heart. Magical’ Tatler

‘Proulx's style, compressed, elastic, hard-hitting, is inimitable: close to poetry but never self-indulgent. This is writing to be savoured’ Sunday Telegraph

‘These are tales we can almost feel in our bones’ Sunday Times

‘Individually, these 11 tales have a tautness and an urgency that are never less than exhilarating. Collectively, they encapsulate an entire, unremittingly bleak world. To find the pulse of humanity in such desperate lives betokens a writer of genius’ Saturday Telegraph

About the Author

Annie Proulx is the author of nine books, including the novel The Shipping News, Barkskins and the story collection Close Range. Her many honors include a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and a PEN/Faulkner award. Her story ‘Brokeback Mountain,’ which originally appeared in The New Yorker, was made into an Academy Award-winning film. She lives in New Hampshire.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper Perennial
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 7 Nov. 2005
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ Film tie-in edition
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0007205589
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0007205585
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 kg
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 2.03 x 19.81 cm
  • Best Sellers Rank: 204,257 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Annie Proulx's The Shipping News won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the National Book Award for Fiction, and the Irish Times International Fiction Prize. She is the author of two other novels: Postcards, winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, and Accordion Crimes. She has also written two collections of short stories, Heart Songs and Other Stories and Close Range. In 2001, The Shipping News was made into a major motion picture. Annie Proulx lives in Wyoming and Newfoundland.

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Customers praise the book's writing quality, describing it as utterly extraordinary and easy to read, with each story having a distinct tone. Moreover, the book is heart-rending and thought-provoking, with one customer noting how it creates vivid scenarios. Additionally, customers find the book highly readable, with one mentioning it can be finished in an hour.

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18 customers mention ‘Readability’14 positive4 negative

Customers find the book highly readable and brilliant, with one mentioning it can be read in an hour.

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"This brilliant book about two cowboys is superbly written, by Annie Proulx, and a fabulous insight into the Americana way of life" Read more

"I enjoyed the film so much I decided I would have to read the book, being a huge fan of Annie Proulx...." Read more

"I was told the movie was good so bought the book. It was so disappointing. Worst book I’ve ever read." Read more

14 customers mention ‘Writing quality’14 positive0 negative

Customers praise the writing quality of the book, describing it as utterly extraordinary and easy to read, with one customer highlighting its nuanced language and gestures.

"Easy reading,ideal for a holiday." Read more

"Utterly extraordinary writing. Every story a different style, voice. I am entranced by this author." Read more

"...reads but as always, acute observation coupled with gorgeous language make Annie Proulx un-put-downable. Don’t normally like short stories...." Read more

"This brilliant book about two cowboys is superbly written, by Annie Proulx, and a fabulous insight into the Americana way of life" Read more

12 customers mention ‘Story quality’12 positive0 negative

Customers praise the stories in the book, noting that each has a distinct tone, with one customer highlighting how the author creates vivid scenarios.

"Good story, was surprised how short the story actually is (as had seen movie years ago); second hand book was in very good state and very good price!" Read more

"Utterly extraordinary writing. Every story a different style, voice. I am entranced by this author." Read more

"Fab. Beautiful stories about the area." Read more

"...But I was NOT disappointed by the story, though I was glad I had seen the film first in this case...." Read more

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Customers find the book thought-provoking, with lively details and vivid descriptions that make it an engaging work of art.

"Heartbreaking, beautiful, and it is true, haunting...." Read more

"Thought provoking, hard, heartbreaking reads but as always, acute observation coupled with gorgeous language make Annie Proulx un-put-downable...." Read more

"...about two cowboys is superbly written, by Annie Proulx, and a fabulous insight into the Americana way of life" Read more

"...perfect stories ... some slight and amusing, others serious and thought provoking. So clever but modest." Read more

4 customers mention ‘Heartwarming’4 positive0 negative

Customers find the book heartwarming, with some describing it as heart-rending, and one mentioning its intimacy.

"...Captures the wide open space and big skies as well as the intimacy and nuances of language and gestures." Read more

"...Brokeback Mountain' itself is beautifully written and heart-rending in a quite different way from the film" Read more

"this is a lovely book sometimes very touching and sad very well written it is about two cowboys in america and their relationship together i loved..." Read more

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  • Nichy
    5.0 out of 5 stars gorgeous words
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 January 2025
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    Thought provoking, hard, heartbreaking reads but as always, acute observation coupled with gorgeous language make Annie Proulx un-put-downable. Don’t normally like short stories. Loved these.
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  • MIKE SZEWCZUK
    4.0 out of 5 stars A VERY GOOD READ
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 February 2014
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    This brilliant book about two cowboys is superbly written, by Annie Proulx, and a fabulous insight into the Americana way of life
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  • Four Violets
    5.0 out of 5 stars Brokeback Mountain
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 January 2006
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    I enjoyed the film so much I decided I would have to read the book, being a huge fan of Annie Proulx. I was also intrigued by the fact that Larry McMurty wrote the screen play to the film as he is famous for writing the cowboy series "Lonesome Dove" which stopped short of his main characters actually confessing their love and attatchment to each other, let alone allowing their emotions to spill over into overt sexual acts.
    When I received my book I was amazed to realise it was only a (very) short story, being 35 pages long and the last in a series of 11 short stories. But I was NOT disappointed by the story, though I was glad I had seen the film first in this case. Everything is there, either hinted at, implied or seething below the surface exactly as it does in the film. Even the fate of Jack is left enigmatic. The bewilderment of two inarticulate men who are in a place and time where it is totally unacceptable to openly declare their magnetic attraction to each other is agonising and poignant.
    Now to read the other 10 stories!
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  • Mrs.C.M.Nurse
    3.0 out of 5 stars A book club choice which I had to read.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 July 2013
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    I do not normally choose a book of short stories however as it was required due to book club membership and chosen by someone else. There were a few stories I enjoyed, however, for the most part I found it coarse and the characters not very nice, however, there was one or two stories that were amusing and some brutal, one or two were sad, not my cup of tea but well written.
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  • Me
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 February 2025
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    A good book enjoyed reading, after watching the film wasn’t disappointed with this book
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  • munrocalma
    5.0 out of 5 stars can't get enough
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 March 2023
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    Beautiful writing, with just perfect stories ... some slight and amusing, others serious and thought provoking.
    So clever but modest.
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  • Amazon Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Lively with detail and vivacious characters
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 August 2019
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    Lively detail of an unforgiving land and lifestyle. Well developed characters and believable relationships. Captures the wide open space and big skies as well as the intimacy and nuances of language and gestures.
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  • William James, Brasenose
    5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant sketches from diverse lives
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 March 2013
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    The sheer range of characters Proulx conjures through her writing about overlapping times and spaces in the tumbleweed-strewn vastness of the US West is stupendous. Each story has an absolutely distinct tone, but the whole collage amounts to an impressive portrait of a place. Brokeback is only characteristic of the set in that it gets inside the emotions of individuals struggling to come to terms with a world of challenges and contradictions, and readers should expect the other stories to be utterly different in atmosphere, though equally vivid.
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  • Likan
    2.0 out of 5 stars Not very well made in terms of quality (awesome history)
    Reviewed in Mexico on 17 December 2021
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    I know it’s a short book and not very expensive but damn, looks like the pages were cut by a chipmunk... awful
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    2.0 out of 5 stars
    Not very well made in terms of quality (awesome history)

    Reviewed in Mexico on 17 December 2021
    I know it’s a short book and not very expensive but damn, looks like the pages were cut by a chipmunk... awful
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  • hughbw
    5.0 out of 5 stars História linda.
    Reviewed in Brazil on 8 June 2020
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    Há tempos que eu queria esse livro, mas a tradução pertence à intrínseca, e a mesma não produz mais. Tive que comprar a versão original, mas não me arrependo, mesmo com o tamanho miudinho. O enredo parece ser enxuto, com apenas 55 páginas, só que é isso mesmo haha. A adaptação cinematográfica foi que ganhou algumas cenas. Contudo, ambos são incríveis. Muito bom.
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    Reviewed in Brazil on 8 June 2020
    Há tempos que eu queria esse livro, mas a tradução pertence à intrínseca, e a mesma não produz mais. Tive que comprar a versão original, mas não me arrependo, mesmo com o tamanho miudinho. O enredo parece ser enxuto, com apenas 55 páginas, só que é isso mesmo haha. A adaptação cinematográfica foi que ganhou algumas cenas. Contudo, ambos são incríveis. Muito bom.
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  • Cliente
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good read !!
    Reviewed in France on 27 November 2024
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    Well written!
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  • Cheri Crystal
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    Reviewed in the United States on 26 June 2004
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    Annie Proulx, a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, packs a tremendous amount of information and incredible prose in 58 short pages. Brokeback Mountain is a heart-wrenching, gritty novella about two tough ranch hands who meet on a job, and, inexplicably, fall in love. These stoic, impecunious, high-school dropouts, who live rough lives, are desperately in need of work. Both Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist sign up with Farm and Ranch Employment and end up herding for the same sheep operation on Brokeback Mountain.

    Ennis is engaged to be married when he meets Jack and does not consider himself queer. Neither does Jack. The two men embark on an intimacy that they feel is their own business, as long as it isn't hurting anybody else. It's just sex between two, lonely, horny, guys and it means nothing. When the summer is over and they part, Ennis feels horrible about leaving Jack. If, what they had together meant nothing, then why can't Ennis shake the bad feeling separation brings?

    Ennis and Jack lose track of each other for four years and are reunited as married men with children. The love affair picks up where it left off during that summer on Brokeback Mountain. They share a forbidden love, sweeter than each man has with his wife, but, actions against conventional relationships could prove to be deadly. Cowboys, even tough ones, who admitted to being gay, were often tortured and murdered. Jack wants to have a life with Ennis and start up a ranch with him. Ennis is neither ready nor willing to give up his heterosexual lifestyle, even if he does love Jack

    The detail with which Proulx describes the setting puts the reader in the mountains of Wyoming, surrounded by meadows, sheep, coyotes, and the expansive sky. You can smell the horses, campfire, beer, and cigarettes as Ennis and Jack sit around at night trading stories and getting to know each other. You can feel the exhaustion of the back-breaking work of tending sheep. Proulx delights the reader with accounts of every feeling, scent, and action. The dialect is precise and the text is never tedious or boring; it simply enriches the story as vitamins enrich food. With narration like this, the reader knows exactly what is going on and is transported into every nuance of the story.

    Annie Proulx is in the same class as John Steinbeck and Mark Twain, in my humble opinion. I cannot stress enough how well written this book is, or what a gut wrenching story it is but I can stress how highly I recommend reading this book. My only complaint is that it is too short. Do not miss reading Brokeback Mountain. Soon, it will be made into a major motion picture, which I hope will be true to the book.
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  • Alison Ritchie
    5.0 out of 5 stars Short Stories
    Reviewed in Australia on 10 June 2020
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    Essential if you like Annie Proulx. Not for faint hearted.
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