Download Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx PDF
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Key ideas from the book
- Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist meet while working as ranch hands in a remote mountain setting.
- A summer spent together develops into a relationship that continues through years of separation.
- The men’s work, marriages, and family lives unfold alongside their efforts to preserve their relationship.
- The story portrays the danger and intolerance surrounding their affair.
- The story earned major recognition after its publication in The New Yorker and appeared in the 1998 O. Henry Awards collection.
About Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist meet while working as a sheepherder and camp tender on a range above the tree line. Their time together begins in an isolated tent, then grows into a relationship that persists across years of hard work, marriages, children, and frequent separations.
Annie Proulx’s story follows the men’s efforts to hold on to what matters to them in the face of danger and violent intolerance. Its direct focus on the relationship and the pressures surrounding it makes the story a strong choice for readers of literary fiction and LGBTQ+ literature.
“Brokeback Mountain” was published in The New Yorker, whose publication of the story won the National Magazine Award for Fiction. It was also included in Prize Stories 1998: The O. Henry Awards.
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