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Who is a fan of Annie Proulx?
Katie77:
thanks mate, I really appreciate your help.....
Lynne:
I took the liberty of merging the two Annie Proulx poll threads so all of the related thoughts will be together...hope that's OK??
I was introduced to Annie Proulx when a friend loaned me The Shipping News, which I liked quite a lot. I tried to read Postcards, with the intention of participating in an on-line book club over at Dave Cullen, but I just couldn't get all the way through that one. You're right, Lee, that there are parallels to "Brokeback Mountain" to be found there, however. Maybe I can try it again at some point.
-Lynne
Katie77:
Just in case you dont read the thread that i mucked up, i just wanted to say why i wanted to do this poll....
I was reading another thread, where one of our users went to see a personal appearance of Annie Proulx, and when Brokeback Mountain was mentioned to Annie, she said "that she would like to distance herself from Brokeback Mountain"......
I am really peeved by that, because I think she is probably only as popular as she is today because of Brokeback, and the publicity that came with the movie, and I think she should be still prepared to talk about it, especially to Brokies who go to her appearances.....
I just wanted to get some idea, how others on here felt, and whether they only heard of Annie because of Brokeback, and whether they are fans of hers or any of her other works....
moremojo:
I had to choose the first option, for the simple fact that I have yet to read anything else by Annie! (I bow my head in shame). I even have a copy of Close Range: Wyoming Stories that a friend generously gave me, but everytime I pick it up I end up rereading 'Brokeback Mountain'! One of these days, surely...
Katie77:
--- Quote from: Lynne on September 13, 2006, 10:40:35 am ---I took the liberty of merging the two Annie Proulx poll threads so all of the related thoughts will be together...hope that's OK??
-Lynne
--- End quote ---
Gees, I cant seem to get anything right tonight....thanks Lynne, if i had know how to merge threads (dont tell me, im sure i wont absorb it now, its after midnight here in australia)...i wouldnt have written the thread under this one....
So far it looks like i am going to be out-voted...maybe cause I'm down here in Aussie that I hadnt heard of her before....
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