Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2

ISBN-13: 9780007198870 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 240 str.

Annie Proulx

Opis

A remarkable collection of short stories set in Wyoming from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Shipping News' and 'Brokeback Mountain'.

Recenzje

'Proulx writes in wonderful stews, everything thrown in together...the stories demand a second reading.' Daily Telegraph

'Her keen eye for idiosyncrasy ensures her continuing reputation as one of the shrewdest chroniclers of contemporary America.' David Robson, Sunday Telegraph

'Vivid and evocative...as [the stories] gather force, you find yourself being drawn in to their momentum.' Financial Times

'Proulx['s]...stories' sour sometimes brutal folksiness gains a singular resonance from the fine, sinewy prose in which they are rendered.' The Times

'Packed with grittily persuasive detail, they feel both modern and as timeless as the Wyoming plains.' Marie Claire

'Performs inspired imaginative feats.' Alex Clark, Sunday Times

O autorze

Annie Proulx is the author of nine books, including the novel The Shipping News, Barkskins 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. She lives in New Hampshire.