{"product_id":"book-act3","title":"Brokeback Mountain","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e WINNER OF THE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL GOLDEN LION AWARD \u003c\/center\u003e  \u003cp\u003e Annie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in contemporary literature, and for many, Brokeback Mountain is her masterpiece.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist, two ranch hands, come together when they're working as sheep herder and camp tender one summer on a range above the tree line. At first, sharing an isolated tent, the attraction is casual, inevitable, but something deeper catches them that summer.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Both men work hard, marry, have kids because that's what cowboys do. But over the course of many years and frequent separations this relationship becomes the most important thing in their lives, and they do anything they can to preserve it.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrokeback Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e was originally published in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e -- it won the National Magazine Award and was included in the O. Henry Stories 1998. In gorgeous and haunting prose Proulx limns the difficult, dangerous affair between two cowboys that survives everything but the world's violent intolerance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49348336353584,"sku":"BDact3","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/act3-cover.jpg?v=1758564025","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-act3","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}