This Boy's Life (30th Anniversary Edition) - 2nd Edition by Tobias Wolff (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition: January 1989."--Title page verso.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><strong>"A classic of the genre."--<em>New York Times</em></strong></p> <p><strong>The 30th anniversary edition of Tobias Wolff's extraordinary memoir (<em>SF Chronicle</em>), now with a new introduction by the author. <br> </strong> <br>Thirty years ago Tobias Wolff wrote a memoir that changed the form. The "unforgettable" (<em>Time</em>) <em>This Boy's Life </em>is the story of the young, tough-on-the-outside but vulnerable Toby Wolff. Separated by divorce from his father and brother, Toby and his mother travel from Florida to Utah to a small village in Washington state, with many stops along the way. As each place doesn't quite work out, they pick up to find somewhere new. In the story of their journey, Wolff masterfully recreates the frustrations, cruelties, and joys of adolescence and presents a deeply poignant exploration of memory, dreams, and how we create a self.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"So absolutely clear and hypnotic . . . that a reader wants to take it apart and find some simple way to describe why it works so beautifully."--<i><b>New York Times</b></i> <p/>"Wolff writes in language that is lyrical without embellishment, defines his characters with exact strokes and perfectly pitched voices, [and] creates suspense around ordinary events, locating the deep mystery within them."--<i><b>Los Angeles Times Book Review</i></b> <p/>"A work of genuine literary art . . . as grim and eerie as <i>Great Expectations</i>, as surreal and cruel as <i>The Painted Bird</i>, as comic and transcendent as <i>Huckleberry Finn</i>." -<i><b>Philadelphia Inquirer</i></b> <p/>"[This] extraordinary memoir is so beautifully written that we not only root for the kid Wolff remembers, but we also are moved by the universality of his experience." -<i><b>San Francisco Chronicle</b><i> <p/>"Wolff writes in language that is lyrical without embellishment, defines his characters with exact strokes and perfectly pitched voices, [and] creates suspense around ordinary events, locating the deep mystery within them." -<i><b>Los Angeles Times Book Review</b></i> <p/>"Wolff's genius is in his fine storytelling. <i><b>This Boy's Life</b></i> reads and entertains as easily as a novel. Wolff's writing and timing are superb, as are his depictions of those of us who endured the "50s." -<i><b>Oregonian</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Tobias Wolff</b> lives in Northern California and teaches at Stanford University. He has received the Rea Award for excellence in the short story, the National Medal of Arts, a <i>Los Angeles Times</i> Book Prize, and the PEN/Faulkner Award.
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