Annie Proulx Libri

Giovane di belle speranze ma di poche sostanze, Bob Dollar di Denver non sa bene cosa fare della propria vita, consapevole dell'abbandono da parte dei genitori. Lavora come magazziniere in una fabbrica di lampadine o come scout per la Global Pork Rind, una corporation di allevamenti suini che cerca di espandere la propria attività in una zona tra Oklahoma e Texas. Questa terra, aspra e ricca di storia, è minacciata dall'industria petrolifera. Per superare la diffidenza dei locali verso le porcilaie, Bob si spaccia per agente immobiliare in cerca di siti per residenze di lusso, convincendosi della sua stessa menzogna. Trasferitosi a Woolybucket, Bob si avvicina agli eccentrici abitanti, affascinato dalle loro storie e dalle tradizioni della prateria. Questi uomini e donne, duri come la terra, raccontano di ranch mitici e avventure eroiche, risvegliando in lui un senso di appartenenza e una nuova direzione. Tuttavia, dopo il Grande Abbandono della sua infanzia, Bob fatica a tradire persone e cose, inclusa la sua professione. L'incontro con il vecchio Ace Crouch, legato al suo ranch fatiscente, segna un punto di svolta nella sua vita, portandolo a riflettere su ciò che conta veramente.

Annie Proulx fa ritorno al territorio del Wyoming che ha fatto da sfondo al film I segreti di Brokeback Mountain , tratto da uno dei suoi racconti. Ancora storie di cowboy, vecchi e nuovi, di coloni, antichi e moderni, di odio e di amore, narrate nell'inconfondibile stile di un'autrice abilissima nel mescolare crudo realismo, ruvida tenerezza e improvvisa comicità. Ancora personaggi protagonisti di piccole, a volte involontarie gesta eroiche, minuscole tessere di un mosaico che illustra una straordinaria "epica" del West vista con gli occhi della povera gente. Sono vite precarie, travolte da improvvise bufere, non solo metaforiche: una gelata proveniente dal Polo Nord attraverso le pianure canadesi imprigiona dentro sarcofaghi di ghiaccio i sogni di due giovanissimi sposi; in un ospizio, un vecchio contempla il grigiore di un autunno presago di morte, mentre "a nordovest un gelido spicchio di cielo lattiginoso spinge avanti la pioggia"; nell'ultimo racconto, ambientato in un West contemporaneo ma non meno crudele, la giovane Dakotah Lister si arruola nell'esercito per sfuggire a una vita senza prospettive, e al suo ritorno dall'Iraq trova un mondo cambiato in peggio, un mondo dove "ognuno di quei ranch, prima o poi, aveva perso un ragazzo".

"The stories in Annie Proulx's new collection are peopled by characters who struggle with circumstances beyond their control in a kind of rural noir half-light. Trouble comes at them from unexpected angles, and they will themselves through it, hardheaded and resourceful. Bound by the land and by custom, they inhabit worlds that are often isolated, dangerous, and in Proulx's prose, vivid." In "What Kind of Furniture Would Jesus Pick?" rancher Gilbert Wolfscale, alienated from his sons, bewildered by his criminal ex-wife, gets shoved down his throat the fact that the old-style ranch life has gone. Several stories concern the eccentric denizens of Elk Tooth, a tiny hamlet where life revolves around three bars. Elk Toothers enter beard-growing contests, scrape together a living hauling hay, catch poachers in unorthodox ways. "Man Crawling Out of Trees" is about urban newcomers from the east and their discovery, too late, that one of them has violated the deepest ethics of the place. Above all, these stories are about the lives of rapidly disappearing rural Americans.

Annie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in contemporary literature, and for many readers and reviewers, Brokeback Mountain is her masterpiece. Brokeback Mountain was originally published in The New Yorker. It won the National Magazine Award. It also won an O. Henry Prize. Included in this volume is Annie Proulx's haunting story about the difficult, dangerous love affair between a ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy. Also included is the celebrated screenplay for the major motion picture "Brokeback Mountain," written by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. All three writers have contributed essays on the process of adapting this critically acclaimed story for film.

The preeminent short fiction series since 1915, The Best American Short Stories is the only annual that offers the finest works chosen by a distinguished best-selling guest editor. This year, E. Annie Proulx's selection includes dazzling stories by Tobias Wolff, Donald Hall, Cynthia Ozick, Robert Stone, Junot Diaz, and T. C. Boyle as well as an array of stunning new talent. In her introduction, Proulx writes that beyond their strength and vigor, these stories achieve "a certain intangible feel for the depth of human experience, not uncommonly expressed through a kind of dry humor." As ever, this year's volume surprises and rewards. 100 Distinguished Stories Citations, including How to Have Heart Disease (Without Really Trying), Jane Eaton Hamilton

A highly acclaimed collection of short stories set in the great outdoors of New England, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Shipping News' and Brokeback Mountain'.

Quoyle is wrenched violently out of his workaday life when his two-timing wife meets her just deserts and he retreats with his two daughters to his ancestral home on the starkly beautiful Newfoundland coast.

A compilation of twenty American short stories originally published in magazines and periodicals issued between January 2001 and January 2002, selected for inclusion by guest editor Sue Miller.

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'One of the greatest American writers' Independent From Annie Proulx, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Shipping News and "Brokeback Mountain," comes a masterwork: an epic, dramatic novel about the destruction of the world's forests. In the late seventeenth century, two penniless Frenchmen, Ren� Sel and Charles Duquet, arrive in New France, bound to a seigneur for three years in exchange for land, becoming wood-cutters—barkskins. Ren� endures immense hardship, oppressed by the forest he must clear, and is forced to marry a Mi'kmaw woman, leading to descendants caught between two cultures. In contrast, Duquet, crafty and ruthless, escapes the seigneur, becomes a fur trader, and establishes a timber business. Proulx weaves the stories of Sel and Duquet's descendants over three centuries, detailing their journeys across North America, Europe, China, and New Zealand amid brutal conditions, rivalries, accidents, and cultural annihilation. They exploit what seems an infinite resource, leaving modern characters confronting potential ecological collapse. Proulx's genius lies in her vivid characters—greedy, lustful, vengeful, or compassionate—drawing readers in with fierce attention. This novel is a magnificent blend of history and imagination, showcasing Proulx as one of America's most formidable writers.

Annie Proulx, one of America's finest writers, invites us to share her experience in the building of her new home on a rich plot of untouched, unspoilt prairie and her pleasure in uncovering of the layers of American history locked beneath the topsoil.

'A subject that could not be more important. A compact classic!' Bill McKibben 'A moving elegy and cri de coeur for our world's wetlands. I learned something new - and found something amazing - on every page' Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See

A tale of immigrants centered on an accordion brought to America in the 1880s. After its Italian owner is murdered, the instrument passes into the hands of other ethnic groups--German, French-Canadian, Mexican, Polish, Norwegian--and the novel describes their ceremonies, dreams and hates. By the author of The Shipping News

The tale of the Blood family, New England farmers who must confront the twentieth century--and their own extinction

Als de hoofdpersoon, een fervent jager, in het Chopping-district komt wonen, stuit hij bij zijn jacht naar korhoenders toevallig op een verlaten en halfverwoeste boerderij: Steenstad. Op datzelfde ogenblik staat hij oog in oog met Banger. Banger is een afstotelijke vijftiger, die alleen om zijn uitmuntende talent als jager en kenner van het jachtgebied door iedereen wordt gerespecteerd. Banger ontwijkt vragen over Steenstad. Toch krijgt de hoofdpersoon beetje bij beetje het gruwelijke verhaal over Steenstad en zijn bewoners te horen. Een verhaal dat sterk verbonden blijkt met Bangers leven.

Сборник рассказов Энни Прул, лауреата Пулицеровской премии (1994), автора романа "Корабельные новости" (2005), - это история непростой жизни обитателей северного штата Вайоминг. Каждый из них доказывает свое право на жизнь. Один из рассказов, "Горбатая гора", лег в основу сценария оскаровского блокбастера известного режиссера Энга Ли. Содержание Бык с ободранной шкурой (переводчик: Е. Шраги) Рассказ c. 11-37 Грязь под ногами (переводчик: Е. Копосова) Рассказ c. 38-91 История его карьеры (переводчик: Т. Гутман) Рассказ c. 92-101 Кровожадный конь (переводчик: В. Михайлюк) Рассказ c. 102-106 Грешники в аду мечтают о глотке воды (переводчик: В. Михайлюк) Рассказ c. 107-130 На обочине мира (переводчик: В. Михайлюк) Рассказ c. 131-160 Шпоры с кометами (переводчик: Валерий Шубинский) Рассказ c. 161-209 Одинокий берег (переводчик: Вероника Капустина) Рассказ c. 210-235 Губернаторы Вайоминга (переводчик: А. Степанов) Рассказ c. 236-285 Пятьдесят пять миль до заправки (переводчик: Н. Кузовлева) Рассказ c. 286-287 Горбатая гора (переводчик: Н. Кузовлева) Рассказ c. 288-333

Quoyle, qui a démarré dans la vie comme un perdant, écrit des articles pour un journal minable. Il épouse Petal, mais elle se tue avec son amant dans un accident de voiture. Que faire quand on a 35 ans, qu'on est veuf, qu'on a deux enfants et qu'on fait une grosse déprime?

Pulitzer-Preisträgerin Annie Proulx über die Schönheit und Gefährdung eines einzigartigen Ökosystems. - »Bestes Buch des Jahres.« The New Yorker Pulitzer-Preisträgerin und passionierte Umweltschützerin Annie Proulx erzählt von der Schönheit und Magie der Moorlandschaften – und von der Gefährdung dieses unterschätzten, aber einzigartigen Ökosystems. Sie begibt sich auf eine faszinierende Reise in die Torfmoore Englands, in die endlos weiten Feuchtgebiete an der kanadischen Hudson Bay, die schwarzen Wasser der sibirischen Wassjuganje und in die heißen Sümpfe Floridas. »Moorland« ist ein mitreißend erzähltes, leidenschaftliches Plädoyer für den Kampf gegen den Klimawandel. »Ein bestechend schönes, kluges Buch, das Ihnen die Augen öffnen wird.« The Telegraph

Een lelijke, onhandige man probeert na de dood van zijn vrouw met zijn twee dochters en een excentrieke tante een nieuw leven op te bouwen in Newfoundland, het land waar zijn grootouders vandaan komen.

Een oude accordeon is eigendom geweest van allerlei immigranten, die met hun cultuur en muziek langzaam aan opgaan in de Amerikaanse smeltkroes.