Annie Proulx returns to the Wyoming of Brokeback Mountain and the familiar cast of hardy, unsentimental prairie folk. The stories roam over centuries, and capture the voices and lives of the settlers this sagebrushed and weatherworn country has known: from the native Indian tribes to the modern-day ranch owners and politicians, and their cowboy forebears.
Bold, elegant and memorable, these stories of a brutal and magnificent landscape one again confirm Annie Proulx as one of the most talented short story writers.
‘Heartbreakingly beautiful’
Daily Telegraph
‘If more people could write short stories like this, the novel would indeed be in serious trouble’
IRVINE WELSH, Financial Times
‘Prepare to be delighted by this … To read her descriptions of the West is to fall hopelessly and inescapably in love’
Evening Standard