Brokeback Mountain

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• An Affair to Remember

  Brokeback Mountain—the highly praised new movie as well as the short story by Annie Proulx on which the picture is faithfully based—is a tale about two homosexual men. Two gay men. To some people it will seem strange to say this; to some other people ... (read full critics)

  nybooks published on Tue, 24 Aug 2010

• An Affair to Remember

  Brokeback Mountain—the highly praised new movie as well as the short story by Annie Proulx on which the picture is faithfully based—is a tale about two homosexual men. Two gay men. To some people it will seem strange to say this; to some other people ... (read full critics)

   published on Thu, 23 Feb 2006

5 Reviews

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  Brokeback Mountain

  Reading the original novel of Brokeback Mountain provides two levels of enjoyment - in addition to reading the delicately written text itself, it provides another perspective through which Director Ang Lee's mastery of literary adaptation can be appreciated. Oh yes, I'm a fan of Director Lee.

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  秋盈 said on Jan 7, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  The movie version is definitely one of my favorites, and the novel is a classic in short-story category.

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  James Chen said on Jun 17, 2011 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  this is the 2nd time i read brokeback mountain. when the relationship is understood without the confinement of genders, haha, it's getting more depressing!

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  procrastination said on Jan 19, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Love in the wrong era

  Of course you saw the movie. The book is better. Partly because you can actually understand what Ennis Del Mar (the character played by Heath Ledger) is saying.

  But also for the lyricism of Annie Proulx's prose. She is wonderful in conveying emotions by men who are not very good at that.

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  Of course you saw the movie. The book is better. Partly because you can actually understand what Ennis Del Mar (the character played by Heath Ledger) is saying.

  But also for the lyricism of Annie Proulx's prose. She is wonderful in conveying emotions by men who are not very good at that.

  Read also The Shipping News by the same author.

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  jacoutofthebox said on Sep 16, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

• have read only the last of the short stories, ie Brokeback Mountain. didn't realise before watching the movie that it's adapted from a short story!! :O

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  lumm said on Mar 10, 2006 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
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• ISBN-10: 0007240031
• ISBN-13: 9780007240036
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Pub date: Mar 03, 2006
• Also available as: Paperback and Hardcover
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