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Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2
by Proulx, Annie
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Like New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0743257995
- ISBN 13
- 9780743257992
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About This Item
Scribner Book Company, 2004. First edition. Hard cover. Like New/Fine. Some light edgewear to dustjacket. "an array of stories, all set in Wyoming, that feature colorful, eccentric, and moving characters who have a profound effect on the people around them, in such tales as "The Trickle Down Effect," "The Contest", and "What Kind of Furniture Would Jesus Pick?" "Edna Ann Proulx (/ˈpruËÂ/; born August 22, 1935) is an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. She has written most frequently as Annie Proulx but has also used the names E. Annie Proulx and E.A. Proulx. She won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for her first novel, Postcards. Her second novel, The Shipping News (1993), won both the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction and was adapted as a 2001 film of the same name. Her short story "Brokeback Mountain" was adapted as an Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe Award-winning motion picture released in 2005".
Synopsis
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx follows the success of Close Range with another remarkable collection of short stories set in Wyoming.Bad Dirt is filled with the vivid and willful characters for which Proulx has become known. Each occupies a community or landscape described in rich and robust language, with an eye for detail unparalleled in American fiction.In 'The Contest', the men of Elk Tooth, Wyoming, vow to put aside their razors for two seasons and wait to see who has the longest beard come the 4th of July. Deb Sipple, the moving protagonist of 'That Trickle Down Effect', finds that his opportunism – and his smoking habit – lead to a massive destruction. And 'What Kind of Furniture Would Jesus Pick?' is the story of Gilbert Wolfscale, whose rabid devotion to his ranch drives off his wife and sons.Proulx displays her wit in every story of this stunning collection, as well as her knowledge of the West, of history, of ranching and farming. Her profound sympathy for characters who must use sheer will and courage to make it in tough territory makes this collection extraordinarily compelling.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU2010027340
- Title
- Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2
- Author
- Proulx, Annie
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0743257995
- ISBN 13
- 9780743257992
- Publisher
- Scribner Book Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- X weight
- 17 oz
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