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008			140603s1988----nyu-----------000-u-eng-u
020			_a9780020360759
082	0		_aFIC PRO
100	1		_aProulx, E. Annie
245	1	0	_aHeart songs and other stories _c/ E. Annie Proulx
260			_aNew York _b: Scribner Paperback Fiction _c, c1988.
300			_a203 p. _c; 21 cm.
520			_aIn these tough, unsentimental stories, set in rural New England, farmers who can no longer make a living from farming hunt and fish to survive or become guides and storekeepers to the new rural bourgeoisie. It is difficult to know if the relentless savagery of the landscape has rubbed off on Proulx's people or if only relentless, savage people can survive in her territory. In ``Bedrock'' an old farmer is terrorized by his young wife, whom he had sexually abused as a child, and her brother. In the title story, a man has left the city to take on odd jobs in the country, where his dreams end in disaster. Proulx has created an authentic world, overturning rocks to expose the slugs and beetles beneath. Her rural New England is gothic, malevolent, and unforgiving.
655		7	_aShort stories
942			_cMO
999			_c237575 _d237575