Close Range: Wyoming Stories Explained

Border:yes
Author:Annie Proulx
Country:United States
Language:English
Publisher:Scribner
Release Date:May 10, 1999
Media Type:Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages:288 pp
Isbn:0-684-85221-7
Dewey:813/.54 21
Congress:PS3566.R697 C58 1999
Oclc:40595315

Close Range: Wyoming Stories is a 1999 collection of short stories by Annie Proulx,[1] beginning in 1997. The stories are set in the desolate landscape of rural Wyoming and detail the often grim lives of the protagonists.

The collection was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

The best known story from the collection is "Brokeback Mountain", which was previously published as a 64-page novella in 1998. The story was the basis for Ang Lee's 2005 film, Brokeback Mountain.

The volume includes 11 short stories:

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Notes and References

  1. News: Christopher Lehmann-Haupt . Christopher Lehmann-Haupt . 'Close Range': Lechery and Loneliness Out West . 18 September 2020 . . 12 May 1999.