{"product_id":"close-range-annie-proulx-9780684852218","title":"Close Range: Wyoming Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shipping News\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAccordion Crimes\u003c\/i\u003e comes one of the most celebrated short story collections of our time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnnie Proulx's masterful language and fierce love of Wyoming are evident in this collection of stories about loneliness, quick violence, and 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 ranch he grew up on for his brother's funeral, and dies a mile from home. In \"Brokeback Mountain,\" the difficult affair between two cowboys survives everything but the world's violent intolerance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese are stories of desperation, hard times, and unlikely elation, set in a landscape both brutal and magnificent. Enlivened by folk tales, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStories in \u003ci\u003eClose Range\u003c\/i\u003e have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGQ.\u003c\/i\u003e They have been selected for the \u003ci\u003eO. Henry Stories 1998\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories of the Century\u003c\/i\u003e and have won the National Magazine Award for Fiction. This is work by an author writing at the peak of her craft.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Annie Proulx\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0684852217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780684852218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.53h x 6.39w x 1.17d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e New Yorker Book - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1999 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/1999 pg. 325\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/29\/1999 pg. 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/1999 pg. 1261\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/1999 pg. 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/23\/1999 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/06\/1999 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/05\/1999 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/20\/1999 pg. 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLJ Best Books of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2000 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/05\/1999 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1999 pg. 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2000","brand":"Annie Proulx","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44046334361855,"sku":"9780684852218","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_705a61cd-b03b-4a5b-8271-f87aa8ae1f0e.jpg?v=1684983971","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/close-range-annie-proulx-9780684852218","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}