Close Range: Brokeback Mountain and Other stories by Annie Proulx

Close Range: Brokeback Mountain and Other stories

Wyoming Stories #1

Annie Proulx

fiction lgbtqia+ short stories reflective slow-paced

318 pages | first published 1999

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Annie Proulx's masterful language and fierce love of Wyoming are evident in this collection of stories about loneliness, quick violence, and wrong kinds of love. In "The Mud Below," a rodeo rider's obsession marks the deepening fissures between hi...
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Moods

reflective 85%
emotional 53%
sad 50%
dark 42%
challenging 28%
adventurous 21%
tense 17%
funny 10%
mysterious 7%
hopeful 3%
informative 3%
inspiring 3%
lighthearted 3%

Pace

slow 51%
medium 37%
fast 11%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 57% | A mix: 23% | N/A: 9% | Plot: 9%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 42% | No: 31% | Yes: 15% | N/A: 10%

Loveable characters?

No: 38% | It's complicated: 33% | Yes: 23% | N/A: 4%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 73% | It's complicated: 10% | N/A: 10% | Yes: 5%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 85% | N/A: 10% | No: 5%

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3.82

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