Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay

Annie Proulx, Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana

Simon and Schuster, Nov 24, 2009 - Fiction - 176 pages

A companion to the film Brokeback Mountain, featuring the story, the screenplay by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, and essays about the process and the collaboration.

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

Brokeback Mountain was originally published in The New Yorker. It won the National Magazine Award, as well as 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.

About the author

Annie Proulx is the author of eleven books, including the novels The Shipping News and Barkskins, and the story collection Close 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 in The New Yorker, was made into an Academy Award–winning film. Fen, Bog, and Swamp is her second work of nonfiction. She lives in New Hampshire.

Larry McMurtry (1936–2021) was the author of twenty-nine novels, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning Lonesome Dove, three memoirs, two collections of essays, and more than thirty screenplays. He lived in Archer City, Texas.

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

Bibliographic information

• Title: Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay
• Authors: Annie Proulx, Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster, 2009
• ISBN: 1439188572, 9781439188576
• Length: 176 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General; Fiction / Literary; Fiction / Media Tie-In