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BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

by | Read by Campbell Scott

Fiction • 1 hr. • Unabridged • © 1999

Originally published in THE NEW YORKER and then as part of the collection CLOSE RANGE, Annie Proulx's short story packs a punch. Cowboys Jack Twist and Ennis del Mar find love or something like it watching over a herd of sheep one summer on Wyoming's Brokeback Mountain. Their lives diverge and intersect again and again as they simultaneously resist and are drawn into a doomed, impossible romance. Campbell Scott's clear reading puts Proulx's beautiful and harsh language front and center. The story is mostly straight narration, but there are a few chances for dialogue, and Scott gives the various characters subtle Western shading, with a gentle drawl for Jack and a gravelly growl for Ennis. It's a timeless story that stands up to repeated listening and will stay with listeners long after they've finished the hour-long CD. J.M.D. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine [Published: FEB/ MAR 06]

Trade Ed. • Simon & Schuster Audio • 2005

CD ISBN 0743550102 $9.95 • One CDs

DD ISBN $6.97

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Trade Ed. • Simon & Schuster Audio • 2005

CD ISBN 0743550102 $9.95 • One CDs

DD ISBN $6.97

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