Brokeback Mountain, Film Tie-In

Die Story zum Film:
In der wilden, wunderschönen Landschaft von Wyoming leben Cowboys noch das einsame, harte Leben wie seit Generationen. Da ist es gut, einen Kumpel zu haben, auch wenn diese Freundschaft tödliche Folgen hat.

Informationen zum Autor Annie Proulx is the author of eight books, including the novel The Shipping News and the story collection Close Range . Her many honors include a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and a PEN/Faulkner award. Her story Brokeback Mountain, which originally appeared in The New Yorker , was made into an Academy Awardwinning film. Her most recent novel is Barkskins . She lives in Seattle. Klappentext Two handsomely produced editions of this award-winning story coincide with the release of the major independent film directed by Ang Lee and starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger.

Auteur

Annie Proulx is the author of eight books, including the novel The Shipping News and the story collection Close Range. Her many honors include a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and a PEN/Faulkner award. Her story “Brokeback Mountain,” which originally appeared in The New Yorker, was made into an Academy Award–winning film. Her most recent novel is Barkskins. She lives in Seattle.

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Two handsomely produced editions of this award-winning story coincide with the release of the major independent film directed by Ang Lee and starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger.

Résumé
"Proulx's understanding is at its most remarkable in the astonishing 'Brokeback Mountain.' [She] knows what she could only know...by the infrared that allows a very few writers clear sight in the dark of the imagination."
-- Richard Eder, The New York Times Book Review