| Brokeback Mountain | 
 enlarge | Author: Annie Proulx
Creator: Campbell Scott
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  148 reviews
Sales Rank: 303632
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5 x 0.5
ISBN: 0743550102
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780743550109
ASIN: 0743550102
Publication Date: November 15, 2005
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Condition: *AUDIO CD Edition* BRAND NEW IN THE SEALED BOX. There is a black line across the bar code. It is otherwise fine.
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 BRKBK MT November 21, 2008
AS YOU SEE MY TITLE IS MY LICENSE PLATE. YOU COULD I HAVE TOTALLY IMMERSED IN THE THEME OF THE MOVIE.
SAY IT 12 TIMES, CRIED AT EVERY ONE. I HAVE TAKEN THE MONIKER OF ENNIS AS MY EMAIL, HAVE HUNDREDS OF THE MOVIE STILLS, SIGNED POSTERS,SIGNED PHOTOS.
I RANK IT AS ONE OF THE CLASSICS FOR ALL TIMES UP THERE WITH "GONE WITH THE WIND", TITANIC, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN. I HAVE ADDRESS LABELS, STATIONERY,ALL WITH THE "HUGGING" PHOTO. I STILL CAN'T WATCH THE MOVIE I AM TOO MUCH LIKE ENNIS, IN FACT MY STORY IS AN IMAGE OF HIS.
GOING TO TRY TO CHANGE MY NAME TO HIS.
I LOVE THE STORY, ON HOPE, LOST LOVE, LONELINESS ,
HEARTACHE,ANNIE PROULX, MICHELLE WILLIAMS
A+ August 8, 2008
The raw emotion of this short story dares to punch you in the stomach; the tear ducts start to sting, but inevitably, do not yield, because the bitter bite of the narrative does not fall to melodrama. To feel the devastating triumph of a love ended too early is to experience the very essence of what literature exists for. Proulx's sweeping, sometimes complex images encompass an entire world into a few short words; the briefness of the story parallels how the characters feel there is never enough time. As always, Proulx betrays her extensive knowledge of the written word as a motif. The colloquially written dialogue is blunt and entirely convincing; not an ounce of it seems forced or unrealistic. To read Brokeback Mountain is to have your nerves catch on fire and belief restored in the power of the written word.
It's a story of love that can never be... not sex. August 25, 2007
It doesn't matter if you're straight or gay... this is a story of love that can never be. If anyone has every been in a relationship that just can't happen, this story will hit a nerve.
**SPOILER ALERT**
The sex part of Brokeback Mountain is so minimal, it's not even really an issue. So get over that.
**END OF SPOILER ALERT**
The story tugs on the heartstrings on those who can understand what it's like to be in relationships that aren't working, but they're stuck... and when you meet someone or you're wanting to be with someone, yet it's just not possible. It truly shows how two people, over the course of twenty years, can honestly care and love each other. It reaffirms that love knows no distance, boundaries, number of years, or gender or sexual orientations. Love is just purely that... Love.
Brokeback Mountain is exactly what our world needed, at at time, where understanding and compassion for one another is often disregarded.
As beautiful as it gets July 20, 2007
Brokeback Mountain is a poem hidden away under beautiful prose. It is a short story, about 55 pages, yet it is profoundly heartwarming, with a subtle flow of true emotions and comes across as a refreshing, cool, light rain showering on your heart but comes back to haunt you and touches your soul in the deepest way.
I had seen the movie last year. It was kind of slow, but the beauty of the story was uniquely brilliant. So when I saw the book at the library I instantly grabbed it and read it within a couple of hours. It is all about 2 guys, Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist, coming to know each other while herding sheep on Brokeback mountain. It is the sad story of their difficult lives, separate yet entwined, and your heart reaches out to them. It is a remarkably enchanting story of forbidden love and longing.
The prose is astoundingly elegant and beautiful. Annie Proulx, critically acclaimed author and Pulitzer prize winner, writes as if painting a beautiful picture. The story flows like a serene river - quiet, beautiful, calm and exceedingly sure of itself. See a couple of excerpts to get a taste of her eloquent prose-
"They stood that way for a long time in front of the fire, its burning tossing ruddy chunks of light, the shadow of their bodies a single column against the rock. The minutes ticked by from the round watch in Ennis's pocket, from the sticks in the fire settling into coals. Stars bit through the wavy heat layers above the fire. Ennis's breath came slow and quiet, he hummed, rocked a little in the sparklight and Jack leaned against the steady heartbeat, the vibrations of the humming like faint electricity and, standing, he fell into sleep that was not sleep but something else drowsy and tranced until Ennis, dredging up a rusty but still usable phrase from the childhood time before his mother died, said, "Time to hit the hay, cowboy. I got a go"."
"Without getting up he threw deadwood on the fire, the sparks flying up with their truths and lies, a few hot points of fire landing on their hands and faces, not for the first time, and they rolled down into the dirt. One thing never changed: the brilliant charge of their infrequent couplings was darkened by the sense of time flying, never enough time, never enough."
... and I never get enough of stories as beautifully told as this. Never enough.
5 stars, if not more.
Great reading! May 31, 2007
I really enjoyed Campbell Scott's reading of Brokeback Mountain, by Annie Proulx. I'd read the story several times before, and HEARING it was wonderful.
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