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by Annie Proulx

Book by Proulx, Annie

Paperback

Published July 1, 1996

About the author

Edna Annie Proulx (Chinese:安妮 普鲁) is an American journalist and author. Her second novel, The Shipping News (1993), won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for fiction in 1994. Her short story "Brokeback Mountain" was adapted as an Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe Award-winning major motion picture released in 2005. Brokeback Mountain received massive critical acclaim and went on to be nominated for a leading eight Academy Awards, winning three of them. (However, the movie did not win Best Picture, a situation with which Proulx made public her disappointment.) She won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for her first novel, Postcards.

She has written most of her stories and books simply as Annie Proulx, but has also used the names E. Annie Proulx and E.A. Proulx.

Reviews

[Tara · Rating 5 out of 5]

my favorite book so far...and i can honestly say i have read over 1000 books. this book changed how i look at love

[Donna Prather · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was a recommend from a friend whose reading tastes usually parallel mine. It was both funny and poignant. The writing style was very enjoyable. I would recommend this book.