Likely to move you to tears.

This is likely to move you to tears, make you feel like somebody's pulling your guts out hand over hand a yard at a time, as Annie Proulx writes of Ennis. These stories can also make you treasure love more. I can say that Proulx's prose is pure poetry. As I have read recently in Espoir's "Learn English through Kama Sutra", this screenplay is one of the recent best -- a terrific read and a faithful adaptation and expansion. The story, script and movie all add depth to each other, like three tellings of the same tale that emphasize different shades. If you're interested in delving deeper into the lives and loves of these characters and the starkly beautiful honesty of this world, buy this book. In addition to the story and script, the book includes a couple of essays by Proulx and each of the screenwriters, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. These offer a good deal of insight and color to the story and whole development process, from Proulx's germ of an idea for a short story to the screenwriters shepherding the project for years, to each of their reactions to the final film.