Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay [Paperback]

Annie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in contemporary literature, and for many readers and reviewers,Brokeback Mountainis her masterpiece.

Brokeback Mountainwas originally published inThe New Yorker.It won the National Magazine Award. It also won an O. Henry Prize. Included in this volume is Annie Proulx's haunting story about the difficult, dangerous love affair between a ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy. Also included is the celebrated screenplay for the major motion picture Brokeback Mountain, written by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. All three writers have contributed essays on the process of adapting this critically acclaimed story for film.Annie Proulx is the author of eight books, including the novelThe Shipping Newsand the story collectionClose Range. 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 inThe New Yorker, was made into an Academy Award-winning film. Her most recent novel isBarkskins. She lives in Seattle.

Larry McMurtry is the author of twenty-nine novels, including the Pulitzer Prize–winningLonesome Dove, three memoirs, two collections of essays, and more than thirty screenplays. He lives in Archer City, Texas.

Diana Ossanahas written two novels, more than a dozen screenplays and numerous essays.