Alumni Education presents "Book to Big Screen: Brokeback Mountain"
Join fellow alumni for the latest Book to Big Screen event and
explore how a literary work is adapted to the cinema. Enjoy a
screening of Brokeback Mountain, based on the short story of the
same name by Annie Proulx. The story first appeared in the New
Yorker in 1997 and an expanded version was included in a collection
of her works, Close Range: Wyoming Stories, published in
1998.
McGill history professor Brian Lewis and Concordia alumnus Larry
Weller, a retired CEGEP professor of English, will lead the
discussion following the film. Remember to read the short story
first – and reading the whole collection will lend even more
context. The book is available at the McGill Bookstore and a
special 20% discount will be offered.
Book to Big Screen is a joint initiative of the McGill Alumni
Association and the Concordia University Alumni Association.
About Annie Proulx
Although she didn't start her career as a writer until she was in
her 50s, in 1993 E. Annie Proulx became the first woman to win the
prestigious PEN/Faulkner book award, for her debut novel Postcards.
The following year she won a Pulitzer Prize and the National Book
Award for her novel The Shipping News. She is also the author of
Accordion Crimes (1996) and several more recent volumes of Wyoming
Stories. Now in her seventies, American-born Proulx spends part of
each year in northern Newfoundland on a small cove adjacent to
L’Anse aux Meadows.
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Cost: $ 5 CDN
Online registration is available on Alumnilife.