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: