Bates Short Story Competition), Head Judge for the NLG Flash Fiction Competition and creative writing tutor for her local county council. The film follows the story fairly faithfully which is not surprising given how vivid the writing is and at little over an hour, isn’t far short of a film length itself.īased in Northamptonshire, England, Morgen Bailey (“Morgen with an E”) is a prolific blogger, podcaster, editor / critiquer, Chair of NWG (which runs the annual H.E. Tragedy strikes and the beautiful description follows Innes’ journey up north before returning home, head full of memories. They then meet up as another herding opportunity arises and how the time spent together damages Innes’ marriage. The years move on they both marry and have children but their thoughts are never far away from each other. Told in third person point of view, the story starts with Innes – older with a married daughter – recalling how he met Jack, their cattle herding and how close they became.

This audiobook was narrated by Campbell Scott, not a narrator I’d come across before, who had the accent – as far as I could tell – to a (clichéd) tee. This short story is available (as part of the collection ‘Close Range’) via or. ‘Brokeback Mountain’ was made into an Academy Award-winning film by Ang Lee, and starred Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway. But companionship becomes something else on Brokeback Mountain, something not looked for – an intimacy neither can forget. Jack Twist and Ennis del Mar are two ranch hands, glad to have found each other’s company where none had been expected. Hard, lonely lives in unforgiving country. ‘Brokeback Mountain’ is set in the beautiful, wild landscape of Wyoming where cowboys live as they have done for generations. Synopsis: The inspiration behind ‘Life of Pi’ director Ang Lee’s ‘Brokeback Mountain’ is one of the short stories to be found in this haunting collection of Wyoming tales. If you’re a writer reading my reviews (usually longer than this one) and find them useful, do let me know. Other options listed on opportunities-on-this-blog.īeing a writer and editor, I read and review books with both hats. If you’d like your book reviewed or to send me a book review of another author’s book, see book-reviews for the guidelines. Today’s book review of this single short story is brought to you by yours truly, Morgen Bailey.

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