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 3.95 — 2,428 ratings — published 1990 17 editions |
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Old School by Tobias Wolff avg rating 3.74 — 1,304 ratings — published 2003 12 editions |
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The Night in Question: Stories by Tobias Wolff avg rating 4.23 — 576 ratings — published 1996 8 editions |
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In The Garden Of The North American Martyrs: Stories by Tobias Wolff avg rating 4.13 — 415 ratings — published 1976 5 editions |
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In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War by Tobias Wolff avg rating 4.13 — 389 ratings — published 1994 11 editions |
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The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories by Tobias Wolff avg rating 4.13 — 268 ratings — published 1994 |
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Back in the World: Stories by Tobias Wolff avg rating 4.09 — 248 ratings — published 1985 4 editions |
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Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories by Tobias Wolff avg rating 4.15 — 223 ratings — published 2008 6 editions |
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The Barracks Thief by Tobias Wolff avg rating 3.85 — 181 ratings — published 1990 4 editions |
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Best American Short Stories 1994 by Tobias Wolff, Katrina Kenison avg rating 3.91 — 46 ratings — published 1994 2 editions |
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""A piece of writing is a dangerous thing," he said. "It can change your life.""
— Tobias Wolff
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— Tobias Wolff
"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 (Bullet in the Brain)
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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 (Bullet in the Brain)
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