Brokeback Mountain

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!! I might be a bit biased because I love brokeback mountain..but this is one of the best books ever, even if the book was pre owned lol

Amazing book, just as sad as the movie

I have never heard of Annie Proulx or her work before Ang Lee's movie adaptation of "Brokeback Mountain". And, what is it, anyway? A long short story? A short novel? To me, it's simply a beautiful love story of two people who couldn't live happily ever after. It wasn't unrequited love at all, as we all know that Ennis and Jack REALLY loved each other, more than what you'd expect. The time and the society made it impossible for this two guys in love end up together, and Jack did proposed it! But there's not enough room for two gay / bi guys to have a life together in the world where this story develops. We all want to be loved. We all have the need to be held and feel like someone actually cares for us. And that's what we should look for and hold tight to it when we find it, even if it's going against what people think. They won't be the ones wiping your tears or holding you at night. Ennis and Jack are just the representation of many, MANY couples who have gone through the same and didn't have the happy ending. That's the stuff art of made of, whether it's a movie, a song, a painting... Love inspires, but when you can't be with the one you want... That's a force that can change the world. I loved how the author portrayed this wonderful love story, the poetry in her words and the way she chose to tell it makes you stay until the end, refusing to let go and crying with the end. And, by the way, that "I wish I knew how to quit you" is from here. Amazing film adaptation. And the audiobook read by Campbell Scott is fabulous.

This AUDIO CD reading of Annie Proulx's celebrated short story of cowboy heart and heat is truly exceptional. Just as the stark words your eyes saw probably moved your heart, to HEAR this tale in the dark, on a winter night, has a power all its own. Actor Campbell Scott delivers a spare reading of Proulx's work that unwraps the muscle and sinew of her matchless choices and skills. My god, the writing, the deadly-true detail. If anything, the story read aloud seems even MORE layered,sexual and doomed than it did on the printed page. Scott gets the flat, barren ethos exactly right. You should be aware this 2005 CD is drawn from the final hour of Simon & Shuster's 1999 unabridged Audioworks cassette release of Proulx's Close Range, Wyoming Stories which runs six hours. Out of print, it sometimes turns up on ebay. Brokeback, the last story in the book/audiocassette, runs one hour on this CD. Some will say that you need the 80% prelim of Close Range that is NOT Brokeback to tip you into the quite unexpected pay-off that is Ennis and Twist. I kind of agree: I was gobsmacked. But at this price, the Audio CD re-release is an invaluable riff on Brokeback's original material. It is chilling. For fans of Close Range, Annie Proulx, the Brokeback story or the movie, this CD is a must-have.

Great book! Read it in about 1 hour it was very nice to read this and see the movie.

Good book but the movie was better in my opinion

The 3 stars are in gratitude that this extremely short novel/novella was written so it could be made into a movie. The bare bones of the story are there, but having seen the movie first it seemed like a script draft to pitch to a studio rather than a fully developed story. As with the movie, unless you are rigidly judgemental about homosexuality, the identity struggles and the deep love that develops between the two men is moving and sad. The symbolism of how the two shirts are hung at the end says it all

This little book goes exactly like the movie. It tells the story of two rough and tumble cowboys who fall in love after working together herding sheep one summer on Brokeback Mountain. It tugs at the heartstrings as they try to find ways to juggle their lives so they can spend any time together. It's only 42 pages and well worth the read.

Very good storyes

Entretenido y sirve para desconectar.

I know it’s a short book and not very expensive but damn, looks like the pages were cut by a chipmunk... awful

Há tempos que eu queria esse livro, mas a tradução pertence à intrínseca, e a mesma não produz mais. Tive que comprar a versão original, mas não me arrependo, mesmo com o tamanho miudinho. O enredo parece ser enxuto, com apenas 55 páginas, só que é isso mesmo haha. A adaptação cinematográfica foi que ganhou algumas cenas. Contudo, ambos são incríveis. Muito bom.

Good book but the movie is better. Cool page texture.