Bad Dirt
by:
Annie Proulx (author)
Annie Proulx's new collection is peopled by characters who struggle with circumstances beyond their control. Born to ranching, drawn to it, or desperate to get out, they inhabit worlds that are isolated and often dangerous. Trouble comes at them from unexpected angles, and they drive themselves...
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Annie Proulx's new collection is peopled by characters who struggle with circumstances beyond their control. Born to ranching, drawn to it, or desperate to get out, they inhabit worlds that are isolated and often dangerous. Trouble comes at them from unexpected angles, and they drive themselves through it, hardheaded and resourceful. No one writes better than Proulx about the American west and about lives that may no longer be viable. This is a stunning collection by one of the most vivid and exhilarating writers of our time.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780743260145 (0743260147)
ASIN: 743260147
Publish date: September 20th 2005
Publisher: Scribner
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Category:
Literature,
American,
Literary Fiction,
Anthologies,
Adult,
Collections,
Contemporary,
Americana,
Short Stories,
Western,
Short Story Collection
Series: Wyoming Stories (#2)
Annie Proulx writes so sharply that she defines her characters with what feels like a razor's edge. This isn't a collection of happy stories about a West that never existed; it's a collection of taut essays about a hardscrabble life. Excellent writing, if not always the easiest stuff to read.
The drop to three stars from the five I gave volumes one and three in this series of Wyoming stories diminishes my regard for Proulx not a bit, we all have our ups and downs. Here the writing rallied only once, or perhaps I should say rallied me only once, during the reading of Man Crawling Out of T...
bad dirt, book 2 of wyoming stories by annie proulxharsh rural life in wyoming, the nature and background of who settled there first was good. the nature really enthralledme to keep reading, such beautiful things in life.
bad dirt, book 2 of wyoming stories by annie proulxharsh rural life in wyoming
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