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E. Annie Proulx
Proulx is known more for her novels (The Shipping News in particular) but she also writes beautiful short stories, and is perhaps best known for having written “Brokeback Mountain,”on which the film was based. But, as is often the case and despite the fact that the film is beautiful, the original text is so much more compelling and emotionally investing than you could imagine from just watching the film. Even if you don’t read any of Proulx’s other stories, read “Brokeback Mountain” because it’s one of the most beautiful thwarted love stories of all time, and if it doesn’t leave you a quivering, crying mess, well, then, I just don’t know what to say.
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