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The New Yorker has published ANOTHER new Annie Proulx story ***SPOILERS***
Kd5000:
So disappointed. I stopped by Barnes and Noble looking for this New Yorker and they already have the one out for 5/12. It's the 5th today. I guess I will have to check at the library to see if they got "older" issues.
Does this story sound like it could be turned into a film? Just curious. I know Proulx isn't the type that writes so her stories can be easily turned into films.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Kd5000 on May 05, 2008, 07:50:22 pm ---Does this story sound like it could be turned into a film? Just curious. I know Proulx isn't the type that writes so her stories can be easily turned into films.
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My opinion is that it would not make a very good film, FWIW.
BelAir:
schew..... I barely (sp?) got my copy! I went to the local Barnes and Noble today, found the 5/12 issue, spent 5 minutes or so waiting for someone to show up at customer services, asked if they had any of the 5/5 left - and he said, "Oh, wait, here you go, they're about to be shipped back..."
(so anyone still looking should maybe quick call the bookstore and ask)
anyone know if it's online? the other option would be for someone to scan it and make a PDF (very illegal i'm sure). if needed (and not too cost prohibitive), i could certainly mail a few photocopies... of course I shall abstain from mentioning my name, in case that is also illegal, lol...
Shakesthecoffecan:
I got a chance to read the story last week at the library. You might want ot check there if the book stores have sent their back already.
What I enjoy about all of her work is that there is this sense the characters don't know the whole story, but the reader does. Proulx write from a place of authority, an all seeing eye and tells you things like Jack remembers the dozy embrace as Ennis drives away, but Ennis does not know that, nor does anyone know he has the shirts in the closet, but we know all those things, because we read.
In Old Cowboy Songs, it is much the same, you get to see what each character goes thru, but th others are oblivious to it, much more pronounced in this one.
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: shakestheground on May 21, 2008, 08:09:27 am ---What I enjoy about all of her work is that there is this sense the characters don't know the whole story, but the reader does. Proulx write from a place of authority, an all seeing eye and tells you things like Jack remembers the dozy embrace as Ennis drives away, but Ennis does not know that, nor does anyone know he has the shirts in the closet, but we know all those things, because we read.
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I know and agree with what you're saying but there are other times when Proulx takes the character's POV. I'm thinking particularly of the time when Ennis was seducing Alma (or trying to distract her from her line of thought) and the line finishes up, "all the way to the North Pole or the Equator, depending on which way you thought you were sailing" Now that is something that comes from the character's POV, not the narrator's LOL!!
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