CLOSE RANGEWyoming storiesby E. Annie Proulx Annie Proulx's masterful language and fierce love of Wyoming are evident in this collection of stories about loneliness, quick violence, and the wrong kinds of love. CLOSE RANGE features 11 stories of desperation, hard times, and unlikely elation, set in a landscape both brutal and magnificent, enlivened by folk tales, 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. |
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Stories in CLOSE RANGE have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's and GQ. They have been selected for the O. Henry Stories 1998 and The Best American Short Stories of the Century and have won the National Magazine Award for Fiction. This is work by an author writing at the peak of her craft.
SOUND WAV The Half-Skinned Steer 3 mins 35 secs |
Simon & Schuster AudioWorks 57376-4 Producer and Director: Elisa Shokoff Associate Producer: Florence Barrau-Adams 4 cassettes / 3 hours / $25.00
Read by Frances Fisher, Bruce Greenwood and Campbell Scott. |
SOUND WAV The Mud Below 3 mins 10 secs |
[Proulx] has a grasp and perception of our language that seems new to me and I've found it inspiring... I can only hope it came off well, for the words were all there, haunting and funny and true.
The Half Skinned Steer read by Bruce Greenwood A Lonely Coast read by Frances Fisher People and Hell Just Want a Drink of Water read by Campbell Scott 55 Miles to the Gas Pump read by Frances Fisher & Campbell Scott The Mud Below read by Bruce Greenwood The Blood Bay read by Campbell Scott The Bunchgrass Edge of the World read by Frances Fisher Brokeback Mountain read by Campbell Scott
About the Readers:
Frances Fisher's numerous films include True Crime, and the multi-Academy Award-winners Titanic and Unforgiven. On television, she starred in Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter and NBC's The Other Mother.
Bruce Greenwood's film credits include Double Jeopardy, Disturbing Behavior, The Sweet Hereafter, Fathers Day, Exotica, Passenger 57 and Wild Orchid. He has also had numerous television appearances. 
Campbell Scott's films include Mamet's The Spanish Prisoner, Big Night (co-directed with Stanley Tucci), The Daytrippers (also produced), Dying Young, Dead Again, and Longtime Companion.
