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Annie Proulx's memoir.
Marge_Innavera:
--- Quote from: chowhound on September 05, 2010, 06:14:17 pm ---I have just found out that early next year Annie Proulx's memoir is to be published. It will be called "Bird Cloud: A Memoir" and deals with Brokeback Mountain amongst other things. It is scheduled to be released on January 4, 2011. Something to look forward to in the New Year.
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Tell you what, it might be a good thing that Brokeback wasn't the first thing she wrote. I recently read an article about Harper Lee that suggested her not writing another book was due to To Kill a Mockingbird being such an impossible act to follow.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Marge_Innavera on September 09, 2010, 10:00:30 am ---Tell you what, it might be a good thing that Brokeback wasn't the first thing she wrote. I recently read an article about Harper Lee that suggested her not writing another book was due to To Kill a Mockingbird being such an impossible act to follow.
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Interesting thought. But I wonder what role the films may have had in making both works of literature tough acts to follow? Annie certainly hasn't had any trouble writing more short stories after "Brokeback."
Front-Ranger:
Very good point, Jeff. It seems like her recent work is rather pale next to Close Range and its magnificent final story.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on September 10, 2010, 03:58:06 pm ---Very good point, Jeff. It seems like her recent work is rather pale next to Close Range and its magnificent final story.
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Sure enough, but unlike Harper Lee, she has continued to write, and her writings have been published. :)
Monika:
I think it´s the case for many writers/musicians/actors that they find it a hard act to follow when their first work is hughly successfull. In Annie´s case she was pretty seasoned by the time she debuted so I doubt that would have been the case even if Close Range would have been her first published piece of fiction.
Personally, I found both "Bad Dirt" and "Fine Just the Way It Is" pretty brilliant. Especially in the latter it´s obvious she is still growing and still experimenting with her style. Pretty impressive for someone in their 70`s.
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