410 стр. 16+ Аннотация В 1944 году Лоял Блад тайно хоронит тело случайно убитой им подруги на каменистом склоне холма в Вермонте и пускается в бега… Вся его дальнейшая жизнь – бессмысленные и бесцельные скитания по американскому Западу длиной в сорок лет, случайные заработки, панический страх полюбить, остепениться… Единственный контакт с семьей… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Энни Пру Почтовые открытки
450 стр. 34 иллюстрации 16+ Аннотация После гибели жены журналист Куойл решает бросить Нью-Йорк и вместе с дочерьми и теткой Агнис отправляется на землю своих предков – отдаленный уголок острова Ньюфаундленд. Здесь он погружается в мир суровой природы, полную опасностей и трудностей жизнь местных рыбаков, жизнь, совсем не похожую на ту, что была у него в… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Энни Пру Корабельные новости
400 стр. 50 иллюстраций Аннотация Annie Proulx’s first novel, which received huge acclaim and launched an outstanding literary career.‘Postcards’ is the story of Loyal Blood, a man who spends a lifetime on the run from a crime so terrible that it renders him forever incapable of touching a woman. The odyssey begins on a freezing Vermont hillside in 1944 and propels Blood across the American West for forty years. Denied love and unable to settle, he lives a hundred different lives: mining gold, growing beans, hunting fossils, trapping, prospecting for uranium and ranching. His only contact with his past is through a… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Энни Пру Postcards
210 стр. 8 иллюстраций Аннотация A highly acclaimed collection of short stories set in the great outdoors of New England, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ‘The Shipping News’ and ‘Brokeback Mountain’.Just outside town, beyond the drugstore and the diner, there’s another world – a wilderness – waiting to be explored. On the high, wooded hillsides there are deer to be stalked; far upriver there are quiet pools of trout, and grouse to be shot and traplines to be laid for fur. In the far-flung settlements of New England, life revolves around hunting.Whether they are yuppies from the town who think that… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Энни Пру Heart Songs
460 стр. 1 иллюстрация Аннотация The brilliant novel from Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx, author of THE SHIPPING NEWS. A richly textured story of one man’s struggle to make good in the inhospitable ranch country of the Texas panhandle, told with razor wit and a masterly sense of place.’An absolute corker of a novel which manages the dual feat of being a serious satire on the evils of global capitalism, and a personal comedy of Dickensian dimensions.’ A N Wilson, Daily TelegraphSome folks in the Texas panhandle do not like hog farms. But Bob Dollar, the newly-hired hog site scout for Global Pork Rind,… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Энни Пру That Old Ace in the Hole
280 стр. 1 иллюстрация Аннотация From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ‘The Shipping News’ comes a collection of short stories inspired by the harsh and unforgiving landscape of Wyoming. Includes the acclaimed stories, Brokeback Mountain (winner of a National Magazine Award) and The Mud Below.Brokeback Mountain is set in the beautiful, wild landscape of Wyoming where cowboys live as they have done for generations. Hard, lonely lives in unforgiving country. Jack Twist and Ennis del Mar are two ranch hands – ‘drop-out country boys with no prospects, brought up to hard work and privation, both rough-mannered, tough… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Энни Пру Close Range: Brokeback Mountain and other stories
220 стр. Аннотация The fantastic new collection of stories from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Shipping News and Brokeback Mountain.Fine Just The Way It Is marks Annie Proulx’s return to the Wyoming of Brokeback Mountain and the familiar cast of hardy, unsentimental prairie folk. The stories are cast over centuries, and capture the voices and lives of the settlers this sagebrushed and weatherworn country has known, from the native Indian tribes to the modern day ranch owners and politicians, and their cowboy forebears.In ‘A Family Man’, an old man nearing the end of his life… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Энни Пру Fine Just the Way It Is: Wyoming Stories 3
220 стр. 2 иллюстрации Аннотация Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx follows the success of Close Range with another remarkable collection of short stories set in Wyoming.Bad Dirt is filled with the vivid and willful characters for which Proulx has become known. Each occupies a community or landscape described in rich and robust language, with an eye for detail unparalleled in American fiction.In ‘The Contest’, the men of Elk Tooth, Wyoming, vow to put aside their razors for two seasons and wait to see who has the longest beard come the 4th of July. Deb Sipple, the moving protagonist of ‘That Trickle Down… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Энни Пру Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2