Tobias Wolff
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born
June 19, 1945
gender
male
place of birth
Birmingham, Alabama, The United States
genre
Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction
about this author
Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff is a writer of fiction and nonfiction.
He is best known for his short stories and his memoirs, although he has written two novels.
Wolff is the Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University, where he has taught classes in English and creative writing since 1997. He also served as the director of the Creative Writing Program at Stanford from 2000 to 2002.
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This Boy's Life: A Memoir by Tobias Wolff avg rating 3.94 — 2,795 ratings — published 1988 17 editions |
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Old School by Tobias Wolff avg rating 3.74 — 1,523 ratings — published 2003 13 editions |
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The Night in Question: Stories by Tobias Wolff avg rating 4.20 — 633 ratings — published 1996 8 editions |
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In The Garden Of The North American Martyrs: Stories by Tobias Wolff avg rating 4.14 — 440 ratings — published 1976 5 editions |
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In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War by Tobias Wolff avg rating 4.12 — 433 ratings — published 1994 11 editions |
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The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories by Tobias Wolff avg rating 4.15 — 285 ratings — published 1994 |
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Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories by Tobias Wolff avg rating 4.19 — 271 ratings — published 2008 6 editions |
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Back in the World: Stories by Tobias Wolff avg rating 4.06 — 260 ratings — published 1985 4 editions |
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The Barracks Thief by Tobias Wolff avg rating 3.83 — 193 ratings — published 1986 4 editions |
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Best American Short Stories 1994 by Tobias Wolff, Katrina Kenison avg rating 3.88 — 48 ratings — published 1994 2 editions |
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"Nor did Anders remember seeing a woman leap to her death from the building opposite his own just days after his daughter was born. He did not remember shouting, “Lord have mercy!” He did not remember deliberately crashing his father’s car in to a tree, of having his ribs kicked in by three
policemen at an anti-war rally, or waking himself up with laughter. He did not remember when he began to regard the heap of books on his desk with boredom and dread, or when he grew angry at writers for writing them. He did not remember when everything began to remind him of something else.
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— Tobias Wolff (The Night in Question: Stories)
policemen at an anti-war rally, or waking himself up with laughter. He did not remember when he began to regard the heap of books on his desk with boredom and dread, or when he grew angry at writers for writing them. He did not remember when everything began to remind him of something else.
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— Tobias Wolff (The Night in Question: Stories)
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