Award Winning Books by
TOBIAS WOLFF

Old School by Tobias Wolff 151 reviews (2003) (208p) (NBCCA) (PF) (LATimes) (ALA) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The protagonist of Tobias Wolff's shrewdly—and at times devastatingly—observed first novel is a boy at an elite prep school in 1960. He is an outsider who has learned to mimic the negligent manner of his more privileged classmates. Like many of them, he wants more than anything on earth to become a writer. But to do that he must first learn to tell the truth about himself. The ... more >>

The Night in Questions by Tobias Wolff 21 reviews (1996) (224p) (ALA) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

In this fine book of stories, the PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author of This Boy's Life arrives at truths--about love, death, sex, and solitude--that are as invigorating as they are unsettling. "A wonderful collection . . . These stories seize your imagination."--The New York Times.... more >>

In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War by Tobias Wolff 48 reviews (1994) (240p) (ALA Non) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Whether he is evoking the blind carnage of the Tet offensive, the theatrics of his fellow Americans, or the unraveling of his own illusions, Wolff brings to this work the same uncanny eye for detail, pitiless candor and mordant wit that made This Boy's Life a modern classic.... more >>

The Barracks Thief by Tobias Wolff 13 reviews (1984) (112p) (PF) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Barracks Thief is the story of three young paratroopers waiting to be shipped out to Vietnam. Brought together one sweltering afternoon to stand guard over an ammunition dump threatened by a forest fire, they discover in each other an unexpected capacity for recklessness and violence. Far from being alarmed by this discovery, they are exhilarated by it; they emerge from their common dan... more >>

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Tobias Wolff Award Stats

Major Prize* Nominations 6   Unique Books Nominated for a Major Prize* 4   Pulitzer Prize Wins 0   Pulitzer Prize Nominations 0   National Book Critics Circle Award Wins 0   National Book Critics Circle Award Nominations 1 Old School ·   National Book Award Wins 0   National Book Award Nominations 0   Man Booker Prize Wins 0   Man Booker Prize Nominations 0   PEN/Faulkner Award Wins 1 The Barracks Thief ·   PEN/Faulkner Award Nominations 2 Old School · The Barracks Thief ·

*Major Prize = Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Award, Man Booker Prize, and PEN/Faulkner Award

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