A Quick Guide to "Brokeback Mountain"

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“Brokeback Mountain” by Annie Proulx is a short story. This story was first published in The New Yorker on 13th October, 1997. It was subsequently published in its expanded version in Proulx’s 1999 collection of short stories, “Close Range: Wyoming Stories.”

In 1998, “Brokeback Mountain” won an O. Henry Award. For publishing “Brokeback Mountain” The New Yorker won the National Magazine Award for Fiction in the same year.

“Close Range: Wyoming Stories” was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction in the year 2000.

A Quick Guide to "Brokeback Mountain"
Copyright
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Film Adaptation
Chapter Three: Characters
Chapter Four: Plot Summary
Chapter Five: Critical Analysis

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raja Sharma
• Release date: Nov 9, 2013
• ISBN: 9781310599095

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Chapter One: Introduction

Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx is a short story. This story was first published in The New Yorker on 13th October, 1997. It was subsequently published in its expanded version in Proulx’s 1999 collection of short stories, Close Range: Wyoming Stories.

In 1998, Brokeback Mountain won an O. Henry Award. For publishing Brokeback Mountain The New Yorker won the National Magazine Award for Fiction in the same year.

Close Range: Wyoming Stories was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction in the year 2000.

Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, the screenwriters, adapted Brokeback Mountain for the film of the same name. The film was released in 2005.

Soon after that the short story and the