Annie Proulx

Longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2017A New York Times Book of the YearFrom Annie Proulx, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Shipping News and Brokeback Mountain, comes her masterwork: an epic, dazzling, and magnificently dramatic novel about the decimation of the world’s forests. In the late seventeenth century, two penniless young Frenchmen, René Sel and Charles Duquet,...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Shipping News, a collection of short stories inspired by the harsh and unforgiving landscape of Wyoming. If he does not force his attention on it, it might stoke the day, rewarm that old, cold time on the mountain when they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong. Inspired by the brutal and magnificent...

Immerse yourself in the richly woven narrative of The Shipping News by Annie Proulx, a novel that has captivated readers worldwide with its striking portrayal of human resilience and transformation. This Pulitzer Prize-winning story follows Quoyle, a bumbling, down-on-his-luck journalist, as he attempts to rebuild his shattered life. Relocating from the bustling chaos of New York to the remote and...

In Accordion Crimes, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx crafts an epic narrative that spans a century and traverses an entire continent. The novel begins in 1890 in Sicily, where an accordion maker and his son, clutching little more than a meticulously crafted button accordion, embark on a journey to the bustling and perilous port of New Orleans. Tragically, within a...

Film tie-in edition of the story by Annie Proulx, now a movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Randy Quaid, Anne Hathaway and Heath Ledger. Brokeback Mountain is set in the beautiful, wild landscape of Wyoming where cowboys live as they have done for generations. Hard, lonely lives in unforgiving country. Jack Twist and Ennis del Mar are two ranch hands — "drop-out...

A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week Magnificent Guardian Remarkable … A compact classic! Bill McKibben I learned something new – and found something amazing – on every page Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See Fens, bogs, swamps and marine estuaries are the earth’s most desirable and dependable resources. Here, Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, The Shipping News is a vigorous, darkly comic, at times magical portrait of the contemporary North American family, and "a rare creation, a lyric page-turner" (Chicago Tribune). At thirty-six, Quoyle, a third-rate newspaperman, is wrenched violently out of his world when his two-timing wife meets her just desserts. He retreats with his two daughters to...

A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week ‘A subject that could not be more important. A compact classic!’ Bill McKibben ‘I learned something new – and found something amazing – on every page’ Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See From Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx – whose novels are infused with her knowledge and deep...

A standalone edition of Annie Proulx's beloved story Brokeback Mountain (in the collection Close Range)—the basis for the major motion picture directed by Ang Lee, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger, screenplay by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. Annie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in contemporary literature, and for many readers and reviewers,...

That Old Ace in the Hole by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx is a riveting novel that transports readers to the harsh, sprawling landscapes of the Texas panhandle. The story follows Bob Dollar, a young man recently hired as a scout for Global Pork Rind, a corporation aiming to establish vast hog farms in this unforgiving region. His mission is...

I been lookin at people on the street. This happen a other people? What the hell do they do? Wyoming, 1963. A wild, unforgiving land where people live simple, unforgiving lives. When ranch hands Ennis and Jack take seasonal jobs on the isolated Brokeback Mountain, they find companionship in each other. And then they find something more. Brokeback Mountain tells...