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Journalist

Annie Proulx, born on August 22, 1935, is an American journalist and novelist known for her distinctive narrative style and profound portrayals of life in the American West.

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“... the part in her black hair glowing like a wire in the rhomboid of sunlight.”

Hair Sunlight Simile

Book:The Shipping News

Source: The Shipping News

“As she spoke she changed in some provocative way, seemed suddenly drenched in eroticism as a diver rising out of a pool gleams like chrome with a sheet of unbroken water for a fractional moment.”

Simile Provocative Analogy Eroticism

Book:The Shipping News

Source: The Shipping News

“The fog tore apart, light charged the sea like blue neon.”

Sea Fog Simile Neon

Book:The Shipping News

Source: The Shipping News

“Cars creeping the other way, fog lights as dull as dirty saucers.”

Simile Cars Lights

Book:The Shipping News

Source: The Shipping News

“The conversation burned off like fog in sunlight.”

Conversation Simile

Book:The Shipping News

Source: The Shipping News

“... Ennis was back on his feet and somehow, as a coat hanger is straightened to open a locked car and then bent again to its original shape, they torqued things almost to where they had been, for what they'd said was no news. Nothing ended, nothing began, nothing resolved.”

Love Simile

Book:Brokeback Mountain

Source: Brokeback Mountain

About the Author

Born: August 22, 1935
Known for: Journalist
Quotes: 74

Books & Sources

The Shipping NewsRelated source material

The Shipping News: A NovelRelated source material

Brokeback MountainRelated source material

Close Range: Wyoming StoriesRelated source material

That Old Ace in the HoleRelated source material

Bird CloudRelated source material

Bird Cloud: A Memoir of PlaceRelated source material

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