Hello, BBM newbie here - just glad to be here one year later... After seeing the movie for the first time, which version of the short story would you (or anyone else) recommend reading first? Thank you.
Hi BBM-Cat,
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There's only one version of the short story (except for The New Yorker, where the prologue is missing). It's only in different books.
You can either buy the book Close Range- Wyoming stories by Annie Proulx. It conatains a collection of diffferent short stories, all from Wyoming. BBM is the last one in the collection.
Or you can buy the story-to-screenplay book. It contains the original short story (same as it is included in Close Range, too), the screenplay for the movie and three essays fom Annie Proulx, Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry. And some pics of the movie.
I'd recommend the story-to-screenplay book first. I liked reading the screenplay too. The essay from Annie Proulx is very informative and a great read. I also liked Ossana's essay, McMurtry's not so much.
This is how the story-to-screenplay book looks:
http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743298152.01._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_SCLZZZZZZZ_V65787542_.jpgI have also the Close Range collection and can recommend this, too. The other Wyoming stories are a good read too (but they don't have to do anything with BBM, mind you). But at first I'd buy the STS book.
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