{"product_id":"annie-proulx-stories","title":"Annie Proulx Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a new introduction by Colm Toibin.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From 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. \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\u003e These 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eTable of Contents: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrom Heart Songs\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cbr\u003e Stone City\u003cbr\u003e Bedrock\u003cbr\u003e Heart Songs\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrom Close Range\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Half-Skinned Steer\u003cbr\u003e The Mud Below\u003cbr\u003e People in Hell Just Want a Drink of Water\u003cbr\u003e The Bunchgrass End of the World\u003cbr\u003e Brokeback Mountain\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrom Bad Dirt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Hellhole\u003cbr\u003e The Indian Wars Refought\u003cbr\u003e The Trickle Down Effect\u003cbr\u003e What Kind of Furniture Would Jesus Pick?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrom Fine Just the Way It Is\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Family Man\u003cbr\u003e I've Always Loved This Place\u003cbr\u003e Them Old Cowboy Songs\u003cbr\u003e Tits Up in a Ditch\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Barbecue Master\u003cbr\u003e The Hadal Zone\u003cbr\u003e The Corn Woman, Her Husband, and Their Child","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48841099575501,"sku":"9781668243206","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_5e07919f-3c0a-4b0f-b7ef-d197e07fe5f5.jpg?v=1792002992","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/annie-proulx-stories","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}