”以Postcards和《真情快遞》拿下美國筆會/福克納小說獎、美國國家書卷獎以及普立茲獎等多項文學獎的作家安妮‧普露,大概是近十年來美國最受推崇的女作家。她的作品文字奇特,故事動人,是電影最喜歡的改編材料。
本書收錄以懷俄明州為背景的11則短篇,其中三篇獲選入《年度最佳美國短篇小說集》,兩篇獲得歐‧亨利短篇小說獎。
安妮.普露在這本描寫孤寂、火爆性格和錯愛的小說集中顯現了熟練出色的文字和對懷俄明狂烈的摯愛。〈腳下泥巴〉描寫一個套牛牧人深陷在家庭和自我獨立間的漸深裂痕中,卻無法擺脫出來。〈半剝皮的閹牛〉描寫一位上了年紀的蠢駕駛,為了參加哥哥的喪禮而開車前往出生地牧場,卻在離家一哩處喪生。
〈斷背山〉描寫兩個西部牛仔的同志戀情。本文改編的同名電影,由李安導演,獲2005年義大利影展金獅獎最佳影片。
整本小說集亦獲紐約客最佳小說獎等三項大獎。描寫懷俄明州殘酷艱難的自然環境下,命運多舛的角色,從其人生歷練中淬瀝出令人不寒而慄、倍感神聖莊嚴之美。
本書作者普露熱愛地方歷史,多年來收集了北美多地的在地生活、事件的回憶錄與敘述。她實地在懷俄明州生活旅行經歷,參加牛仔詩會,參考地區史將其中的真人真事取來當作創作起點。源頭故事並從自然保育聯盟保護區獲得靈感。
「現實在這裡絕對派不上太多用場」。非現實、奇思異想與未必成真的元素,為這些故事添上色彩,正如真實人生因這些元素而多彩多姿的道理一樣。在懷俄明,最不奇思異想的狀況,是在這片艱苦的大地靠農場維生的決心。
Pulitzer Prize winning author Annie Proulx is one of the literary greats of her generation. Bestselling novels like The Shipping News and Postcards have been unmatched successes with critics
and readers alike. Her latest is Close Range , a collection of award-winning tales of the Western frontier, of desolate expanses of land and the vast spaces between people, of love and loss set
against the endless sky. Like The Shipping News (available in re-release to coincide with the new collection), it’s sure to make an indelible impression on each of millions of readers. Includes
the award-winning stories “The Half-Skinned Steer“ and “Brokeback Mountain.“ Contains six original watercolors by William Matthews. ”
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