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  1. "Brokeback Mountain" is a short story by American author Annie Proulx. It was originally published in The New Yorker on October 13, 1997, for which it won the National Magazine Award for Fiction in 1998. Proulx won a third place O. Henry Award for the story in 1998.

  2. Brokeback Mountain. Brokeback Mountain is a 2005 American neo-Western romantic drama film directed by Ang Lee and produced by Diana Ossana and James Schamus. Adapted from the 1997 short story of the same name by Annie Proulx, the screenplay was written by Ossana and Larry McMurtry. The film stars Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway ...

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  4. Oct 6, 1997 · Brokeback Mountain. By Annie Proulx. October 6, 1997. Illustration by Rebekka Dunlap. They were raised on small, poor ranches in opposite corners of the state, Jack Twist in Lightning Flat, up on ...

  5. Full Plot Summary. Previous. “Brokeback Mountain” begins with two italicized paragraphs in present tense that feature the story’s protagonist, Ennis Del Mar, well after the story’s main events have taken place. Ennis, a middle-aged ranch hand, wakes before five in his trailer. The ranch’s owner has sold the place, and Ennis must move ...

  6. Overview. “Brokeback Mountain” is a short story by American author Annie Proulx that was first published in The New Yorker in 1997. The story follows the lives of two young men, Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, who meet and fall in love while working as sheepherders on Brokeback Mountain in Wyoming in the summer of 1963. The narrative explores ...

  7. The best known story from the collection is "Brokeback Mountain", which was previously published as a 64-page novella in 1998. The story was the basis for Ang Lee's 2005 film, Brokeback Mountain. The volume includes 11 short stories: "The Half-Skinned Steer" "The Mud Below" "Job History" "The Blood Bay" "People in Hell Just Want a Drink of Water"

  8. Analysis. Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist are both born poor and raised on small ranches on opposite sides of Wyoming, sometime in the midst of the Second World War. Ennis’s parents die when he’s young, so his older brother and sister raise him. He wanted to finish high school, but when his pick-up truck breaks down and there’s no money to ...

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