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Country United States Publication date May 10, 1999 ISBN 0-684-85221-7 Publisher Charles Scribner's Sons | 4/5 Goodreads Language English Pages 288 pp Originally published 10 May 1999 Genre Anthology | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (hardback & paperback) Followed by Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 Awards New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year, Ambassador Book Award for Fiction Similar Brokeback Mountain (short story), The Shipping News, Fine Just the Way It Is |
Close Range: Wyoming Stories is a 1999 collection of short stories written by E. 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 volume includes 11 short stories:
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