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Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff (born June 19, 1945) is an American short story writer, memoirist, novelist, and teacher of creative writing. He is known for his memoirs, particularly This Boy's Life (1989) and In Pharaoh's Army (1994).
The book covers Wolff's deeds as a youth: he would "lie, cheat, steal, drink, run away and forge checks." [5] Reviewers found the depiction of Wolff's childhood and coming-of-age effective. [4] For The New York Times, Joel Conarroe suggested the book offered insight into "how a troubled boy's experiences became a mature artist's material". [1]
Old School is an American semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel by Tobias Wolff that was first partially published in The New Yorker as a short story ahead of novelization in 2003. It acts a memoir for a fictional unnamed writer, who recalls his senior year at a New England preparatory school in 1960–1961.
Wolff was stationed with South Vietnamese Army soldiers near Mỹ Tho and he was present during the Communists' Tet Offensive. The memoir includes a recollection of that battle as well as vignettes of various personal experiences, both in and out of Vietnam. The book picks up more or less where Wolff's first memoir, This Boy's Life, leaves
Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories is a collection of thirty-one short stories by American author Tobias Wolff published in 2008. [1] [2] The collection is divided into two sections: Selected Stories and New Stories. It also contains a brief preface titled "A Note from the Author" in which Wolff defends his decision to edit some of the ...
The Barracks Thief is a novella by American writer Tobias Wolff, first published in 1984. The story concerns paratroopers in training during the time of the Vietnam War. Readers of Wolff's memoir In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War (1994) will note that the author trained as a paratrooper and served in Vietnam.
Michael Wolff, the man who wrote a revealing book on the Trump administration, shared what it was like to watch White House staff interact with Trump.
Novels by Tobias Wolff (3 P) Pages in category "Books by Tobias Wolff" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.