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loneleeb3:

--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on October 10, 2007, 10:12:54 am ---Sure e-nuff, Scott! Isn't it amazing how Osana/McMurtry breathed life into these fleeting references in the story??

Please join me in reading the story again in preparation for the 10-year-anniversary of the publication!!



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I will!!
When exactly is the anniversary?

moremojo:

--- Quote from: loneleeb3 on October 10, 2007, 10:17:04 am ---When exactly is the anniversary?
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The story was originally published (sans the italicized prologue, which was omitted due to editorial oversight) in the October 13, 1997 issue of The New Yorker.

Shakesthecoffecan:
My theory about that oversite came when I heard her speak at Davidson College last year, she said she had send the story to the publisher and suddenly realized the ending was not correct, she called them and read over the phone to them how it was supposed to end, had a time getting it fixed. It was going to end with "sometimes the sheets", but she added:

"There was some space between what he knew and what he tried to believe, but nothing could be done about it, and if you can't fix it you got to stand it."

Then the story came out starting with "They were raised on small poor ranches..." insted of "Ennis Delmar wakes before five...."

loneleeb3:
I just love the story.
It's a different feel than in the movie.
I think Ennis is a little more open.
In the SS I getthe feeling that things could have been different.
I don't get that in the movie till it's too late.

moremojo:
I agree, Lee; short-story Ennis seem much more self-aware (and is more articulate) at an earlier stage than his film counterpart. The theme of the story revolves around the society's homophobia, while the film pivots just as much around Ennis's internalized self-loathing.

At the same time, both Jack and Ennis are much less idealized in the story than they are in the film (this is especially true for Jack). Both men seem more selfish and self-serving in the story than how Ang presents them in the movie--and yet, the sympathetic reader feels no less love and concern for them in spite of this.

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