{"product_id":"annie-proulx-stories","title":"Annie Proulx Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eWith a new introduction by Colm Toibin \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\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\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52122664665308,"sku":"9781668243206","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/4845\/9740\/files\/imageloader_a663f6a1-e0c6-4429-9d10-2bb73558116c.jpg?v=1785259832","url":"https:\/\/tworiversweirdsisters.com\/products\/annie-proulx-stories","provider":"Two Rivers \u0026 Weird Sisters","version":"1.0","type":"link"}