plotprecise 's review for:

Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
4.75
adventurous challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

For all the low-hanging jokes about the film, this short story is an exceptional piece of writing. 

Lots of great lines such as:

  • ...swapping the bottle while the lavender sky emptied of color and the chill air drained down...

  • A slow corrosion worked between Ennis and Alma, no real trouble, just widening water...

  • "You know, friend, this is a goddam bitch of a unsatisfactory situation. You used a come away easy. It’s like seein the Pope now."

  • Count the damn few times we been together in twenty years. Measure the fuckin short leash you keep me on…

  •  
    ...his dirty shirt, the pocket ripped, buttons missing, stolen by Jack and hidden here inside Jack’s own shirt, the pair like two skins, one inside the other, two in one.