Close Range: Wyoming Stories Audiobook

" First two stories, "The Half-Skinned Steer," and "The Mud Below" are among the finest stories I've read since TC Boyle's _Tooth & Claw_ collection. Never thought much of Proulx (_The Shipping News_) before, but these are gorgeous. "

" Short stories including Brokeback Mountain. "

" This was wonderful. While I was struck by the blatant sexuality,no was overwhelmed by the blunt beauty in this writing. I did find some of the stories to be too long for what they were, but they were all beautifully written. It completely changed my perspective on "Brokeback Mountain" as well! "

" there's nothing i can say here that hasn't been said about proulx, except maybe that even though i've never smelled decaying grasshopper bodies, after reading proulx, i want to. "

" So far I have only read a couple of her short stories, but Brokeback Mountain being one of them. Proulx puts together a great short story. "

" Evocative to the n-th. Read this. "

" One of my favorite authors. I love her descriptions of things and am never bored. "

" Love this woman's pithy writing "

" The Brokeback Mountain short story made me cry! "

" great author. i enjoy all of her works. "

" Bad ass wyoming with painfully beautiful soulful allusion. "

" brokeback mountain was the best story out of the book the others I just found weird and depressing about the the lives of red neck ranchers in Wyoming "

" This is Proulx's best territory - wry, unromantic tales which capture human oddity with unfailing precision "

" Everybody raves about how great this is. Maybe if you want bleak and depressing. "You froze to death, the joke's on you! Ha, ha, ha!" "

" Anne Proulx is a wonderful writer with great sentence structure and the ability to draw you in to the characters. This is the book that the movie Brokeback Mountain came from. I recommend any book by her. "

" All of the stories in this collection are good, her writing exceptional, and some of the stories are in the stratosphere like "Brokeback Mountain" and "Half-Skinned Steer". "

" Proulx has the ability to make the edges stand out of even the most benign scenes "

" I'm kind of on a Annie Proulx kick. I like all of her books, but the short stories are my favorites. She captures an emptiness in her characters and landscape that is hard to put into words. Hell, I don't think the last sentence I wrote even made sense... "

" I had this book on my shelf during my whole first year of law school. Worth the wait! Annie's stories are dark and dense, but full of beautiful flourishes. Just love her. And her take on wild Wyoming. "

" Wonderful....A must read for fans of "Annie Proulx"... "

" Book of short stories. I had to return the audiobook to the library but will finish this book in written format some day. Leaving at currently-reading status. "

" She does some great craft things with writing, but I wouldn't say I enjoyed reading this. "

" Gritty and unforgiving series of stories. Great descriptions of peoples lives competing with themselves and the Wyoming landscape and weather. "

" Didn't care for this one so much. Too grim. I either love her books completely, or no. "

" One of my favorite authors. I love her descriptions of things and am never bored. "

" I just made time to read Brokeback Mountain which was lovely in its sadness. "

" This is Proulx's best territory - wry, unromantic tales which capture human oddity with unfailing precision "

" It seems a bit incongruous for me to love this woman like I do, proud vegetarian that I am, but the carnivorous devil herself couldn't write better prose than Ms. Annie "Wyoming Gothic" Proulx. She throws me for a loop and catches me in the air every time. "

" I checked this book out to read during a work-trip to Cody. I've never read Proulx before, and I am stunned at the poetry with which she can describe the 'distance and weather' of Wyoming. "

" I love Woyming and its people "

" I knew about the Brokeback mt story long before it came out as a movie. "

" Not what I was expecting! A bit of Louie L'amour meets Edgar Allen Poe with the short story of Brokeback Mountain for the coup-de-gras... "

" checked this out from the library so i could read the short story "Brokeback Mountain"..but enjoying the other stories as well. "