{"product_id":"annie-proulx-stories","title":"Annie Proulx Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a new introduction by Colm Toibin.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Heart Songs\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cbr\u003eStone City\u003cbr\u003eBedrock\u003cbr\u003eHeart Songs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Close Range\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Half-Skinned Steer\u003cbr\u003eThe Mud Below\u003cbr\u003ePeople in Hell Just Want a Drink of Water\u003cbr\u003eThe Bunchgrass End of the World\u003cbr\u003eBrokeback Mountain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Bad Dirt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Hellhole\u003cbr\u003eThe Indian Wars Refought\u003cbr\u003eThe Trickle Down Effect\u003cbr\u003eWhat Kind of Furniture Would Jesus Pick?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Fine Just the Way It Is\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFamily Man\u003cbr\u003eI've Always Loved This Place\u003cbr\u003eThem Old Cowboy Songs\u003cbr\u003eTits Up in a Ditch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarbecue Master\u003cbr\u003eThe Hadal Zone\u003cbr\u003eThe Corn Woman, Her Husband, and Their Child\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":67683650011504,"sku":"9781668243206","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0954\/1304\/3568\/files\/imageloader_89d1aa77-18d0-4a04-9dbb-d1a40ff72d46.jpg?v=1791608359","url":"https:\/\/aveson.store\/products\/annie-proulx-stories","provider":"Aveson","version":"1.0","type":"link"}