{"product_id":"9781668243206","title":"Annie Proulx Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a new introduction by Colm Toibin.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From one of the greatest story writers of our time, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, two O. Henry Prizes, and the celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eBrokeback Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a collection that includes three new stories and the most iconic stories of Annie Proulx’s stunning, decades-long career.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnnie Proulx’s “gritty and gleaming stories” (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) are about loneliness, violence, desperation, and the 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 range he grew up on for his brother’s funeral and dies a mile from home. In the masterpiece, “Brokeback Mountain,” the difficult affair between two cowboys survives everything but the world’s intolerance.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e These are stories of hard times, and unlikely elation, set in a landscape both brutal and magnificent. Enlivened by folk talks, flights of fancy, and details of ranch and rural work, they juxtapose Wyoming’s traditional character and attitudes—confrontation of tough problems, prejudice, persistence in the face of difficulty—with the more benign values of the new west.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTable of Contents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrom Heart Songs\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e Stone City\u003cbr\u003e Bedrock\u003cbr\u003e Heart Songs\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrom Close Range\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Half-Skinned Steer\u003cbr\u003e The Mud Below\u003cbr\u003e People in Hell Just Want a Drink of Water\u003cbr\u003e The Bunchgrass End of the World\u003cbr\u003e Brokeback Mountain\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrom Bad Dirt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Hellhole\u003cbr\u003e The Indian Wars Refought\u003cbr\u003e The Trickle Down Effect\u003cbr\u003e What Kind of Furniture Would Jesus Pick?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrom Fine Just the Way It Is\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Family Man\u003cbr\u003e I’ve Always Loved This Place\u003cbr\u003e Them Old Cowboy Songs\u003cbr\u003e Tits Up in a Ditch\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Barbecue Master\u003cbr\u003e The Hadal Zone\u003cbr\u003e The Corn Woman, Her Husband, and Their Child","brand":"Proulx, Annie","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":67971305537636,"sku":"9781668243206","price":42.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0645\/0502\/0516\/files\/BNCImageAPI_0515db50-c2b2-4944-a12b-f06b34fd04fe.jpg?v=1793738833","url":"https:\/\/larkspurbooks.ca\/products\/9781668243206","provider":"Larkspur Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}