Close Range: Wyoming Stories
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| Author | Annie Proulx |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Scribner |
Publication date | May 10, 1999 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 288 pp |
| ISBN | 0-684-85221-7 |
| OCLC | 40595315 |
| 813/.54 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3566.R697 C58 1999 |
Close Range: Wyoming Stories is a 1999 collection of short fiction by Annie Proulx, beginning in 1997. The stories are set in the desolate landscape of rural Wyoming and detail the often grim lives of the protagonists.
The collection was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
The best known story from the collection is "Brokeback Mountain", which was previously published as a 64-page novella in 1998. The story was the basis for Ang Lee's 2005 film, Brokeback Mountain.
“The Half-Skinned Steer” was selected by novelist John Updike for inclusion in The Best American Short Stories of the Century (1999).