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애니 프루는 단편소설과 장편소설 모두에서 두각을 나타내며 PEN/포크너 상, 내셔널 북 어워드, 퓰리처 상 등을 휩쓴 작가. 1997년부터 미국 와이오밍(Wyoming) 주에 대한 단편들을 쓰기 시작했다.
그 중 '벌거숭이 소'는 존 업다이크가 꼽은 '금세기 최고의 단편'과 개리슨 케일러가 뽑은 '1998년 최고의 미국 단편 소설'로 선정되었고, 「뉴요커」 지에 게재된 '브로크백 마운틴'은 내셔널 매거진 상과 오헨리 단편소설 상을 수상했다.
과감한 생략과 많은 의미를 함축한 멋진 은유가 돋보인다. 강렬하고 인상적인 스토리와 문체의 단편집이다.
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Okay, The Brokeback film is one of the greatest pieces of LGBT cinema but this short story had some of the worst writing I’ve ever seen
I don't read a lot of short story collections, maybe 2 or 3 a year; I find the genre difficult and I have trouble getting into a rhythm. I usually only read a collection if it is by an author I really like or the book is supposed to be really good. I read this book mostly because I wanted to read Brokeback Mountain and I quite like Annie Proulx. These stories were all great. The style of writing is dense, rich, beautiful, and layered, so it is the type of book that you could certainly enjoy re-reading. These stories need to be enjoyed slowly. I read a couple of the longer ones a little too fast and found myself having to flip back a few pages because I missed some important detail buried in of Proux's river-like flowing prose. Most of the time when I finish a story collection I tend to only clearly remember a few selections from the volume. The Mud Below, the 2nd story in the book, is just gutwrenching but also my favorite from it. Brokeback Mountain is maybe one of the saddest pieces of writing I've ever read, but also one of the most moving love stories I've experienced.These stories are bleak and grim - mirroring perhaps the desolate landscape of rural Wyoming. Keep the tissue box next to you as you read this one; you'll need it!
Not a huge fan of this book to be perfectly honest. It felt rushed and too short. There were some parts that gave so much feeling and emotion and I wish she would turn this into a novel with more character development.