Annie Proulx and Close Range

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In summary I'm glad I read them. I would compare the experience to reading Steinbeck - the writing is so immediate and the sense of what you read is so intimate and intense that you read it despite the pain and suffering. As I read more I was getting less overwhelmed by the sheer nastiness and picking up a lot more on the courage and the love. There was a lot of love.