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The New Yorker has published ANOTHER new Annie Proulx story ***SPOILERS***
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Clyde-B on June 17, 2008, 07:31:49 pm ---It fits my rather taciturn personality. ;D :laugh:
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You don't say much, Clyde, but you get your point across. :laugh:
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: Clyde-B on June 17, 2008, 07:31:49 pm ---Yeah, she calls it getting pounded by the hammer of life.
In "The Wamsutter Wolf" the protagonist survives intact and gets lucky, and I laughed out loud at the ending of "Trickle-Down Effect."
"55 Miles to the Gas Pump" is one of the most amazing stories I've ever read. It's a Wyomingized retelling of the Bluebeard fairytale in only 273 words, but it feels so complete.
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This makes me want to read more short stories by Proulx! I would also love to talk about some of Annie's other unforgettable characters. Personally, I love Loyal Blood and the horse-haunched woman, for starters. Can anyone name the works these people appeared in?
southendmd:
--- Quote from: Clyde-B on June 17, 2008, 07:31:49 pm ---
"55 Miles to the Gas Pump" is one of the most amazing stories I've ever read. It's a Wyomingized retelling of the Bluebeard fairytale in only 273 words, but it feels so complete.
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I have to agree with you there, Clyde. One of my favorites; it's only three sentences, but what sentences!
I love the reference to "blue paint" in the story, slyly reminding us of Bluebeard.
I read an equally brief review: "Bluebeard, writ redneck."
Clyde-B:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on June 17, 2008, 09:23:05 pm ---You don't say much, Clyde, but you get your point across. :laugh:
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Thank you, kind sir! ;D
--- Quote from: southendmd on June 25, 2008, 01:00:30 pm ---I have to agree with you there, Clyde. One of my favorites; it's only three sentences, but what sentences!
I love the reference to "blue paint" in the story, slyly reminding us of Bluebeard.
I read an equally brief review: "Bluebeard, writ redneck."
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Great review!
Her typically gruesome references to desiccated and moldy corpses and my favorite: "one wrapped in newspaper nipple to knee."
I love the alliteration!
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on June 25, 2008, 11:31:57 am ---This makes me want to read more short stories by Proulx! I would also love to talk about some of Annie's other unforgettable characters. Personally, I love Loyal Blood and the horse-haunched woman, for starters. Can anyone name the works these people appeared in?
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Loyal Blood was in Postcards and the horse-haunched woman was in "The Half-Skinned Steer" a short story in Close Range, the first book of Wyoming stories. Did I understand your question right?
Shakesthecoffecan:
--- Quote from: southendmd on June 25, 2008, 01:00:30 pm ---I have to agree with you there, Clyde. One of my favorites; it's only three sentences, but what sentences!
I love the reference to "blue paint" in the story, slyly reminding us of Bluebeard.
I read an equally brief review: "Bluebeard, writ redneck."
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I read that one aloud to an acquaintence once as an example of Proulx's style and I think I scared them. ;)
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