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Jan 1, 2001 · This Boy's Life. Tobias Wolff. 3.96. 29,354 ratings1,772 reviews. The 30th anniversary edition of Tobias Wolff's "extraordinary memoir" (SF Chronicle), now with a new introduction by the author. Genres Memoir Nonfiction Biography Biography Memoir Coming Of Age Autobiography Classics. ...more. 304 pages, Paperback. First published January 1, 1989.
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This Boy’s Life Summary. The young Tobias Wolff—who, in his youth, went by Jack —and his mother Rosemary are driving across the country from Florida to Utah. Rosemary is fleeing an abusive relationship and she hopes that in Utah, she and her son will be able to strike it rich in the uranium boom.
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- Tobias Wolff
- 1993
This Boy’s Life is arguably Tobias Wolff’s best-known work; it was so successful that in 1993, several years after its publication, it was adapted into a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Barkin, and Robert De Niro. The film was critically and commercially well-received, and cemented the book as one of the landmark memoirs of its time.
This Boy's Life (titled onscreen as This Boy's Life: A True Story) is a 1993 American biographical coming-of-age drama film directed by Michael Caton-Jones. It is based on the eponymous memoir by author Tobias Wolff. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Ellen Barkin.
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Mar 1, 2000 · Tobias Wolff's classic memoir has all the elements of a fairy tale: a brilliant boy has the great misfortune of having an evil, simian, philistine stepfather impose his hate and ignorance on poor, almost helpless Tobias who, living with his mother and new family, endures a torture that resembles a noble character being oppressed in an evil castle.
By Tobias Wolff. Published: 1989. Overview. Winner of a 2014 National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama, Tobias Wolff is a novelist, memoirist, short story writer, Vietnam veteran, Stanford professor, family man and a National Endowment for the Arts creative writing fellow.
