Tobias Wolff
American short-story writer and memoirist whose This Boy's Life is one of the great American memoirs. His short fiction, influenced by Chekhov, is among the finest in the American tradition. He is a master of the minimalist style associated with the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
Works
- In the Garden of the North American MartyrsCollection of interconnected stories about spiritual searching and social constraint
- Back in the WorldVietnam veterans struggle with civilian life and unresolved trauma
- The Barracks ThiefThree soldiers steal during military service and face consequences
- This Boy's LifeMemoir of author's abusive father and hardscrabble Western childhood
- In Pharaoh's ArmyMemoir of author's service as soldier in Vietnam War
- Our Story BeginsCollection of short stories about American experience and human struggle