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Heart Songs and Other Stories - by Annie Proulx (Paperback)

Heart Songs and Other Stories - by  Annie Proulx (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The acclaimed debut collection of short stories--enhanced by two never-before-published works--by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Shipping News. <p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Before she wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller <i>The Shipping News, </i> E. Annie Proulx was already producing some of the finest short fiction in the country. Here are her collected stories, including two new works never before anthologized. <br> These stories reverberate with rural tradition, the rites of nature, and the rituals of small-town life. The country is blue-collar New England; the characters are native families and the dispossessed working class, whose heritage is challenged by the neorural bourgeoisie from the city; and the themes are as elemental as the landscape: revenge, malice, greed, passion. Told with skill and profundity and crafted by a master storyteller, these are lean, tough tales of an extraordinary place and its people<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Elaine Kendall <i>Los Angeles Times</i> Proulx doesn't merely tell her stories or participate in them, but convinces you with every word....You'd have every right to expect that a Hemingway disciple wrote these remarkable stories about life in the Northeastern granite country.<br><br>Kenneth Rose <i>The New York Times Book Review</i> Compelling...their sometimes enigmatic, often lyrical images seem to complement New England's lavish but barren beauty.<br><br>Wendy Smith <i>Cleveland Plain Dealer</i> Proulx beautifully evokes the unchanging rhythms of country existence with a deep appreciation for life lived close to the earth....Her prose is supple, strong, and filled with striking images.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Annie Proulx is the author of nine books, including the novels <i>The Shipping News</i> and <i>Barkskins</i>, and the story collection <i>Close Range</i>. Her many honors include a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and a PEN/Faulkner award. Her story "Brokeback Mountain," which originally appeared in <i>The New Yorker</i>, was made into an Academy Award-winning film. <i>Fen, Bog, and Swamp </i>is her second work of nonfiction. She lives in New Hampshire.

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