Tobias Wolff is a strange writer whose work is "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"(Tobias Wolff, This Boy's Life [back cover]). Although sometimes taking place in such foreign locations as Vietnam, Wolff's stories are predominantly based on banal situations and people. The magic in his writing though is the fact he draws the reader into the story at all times. He does so by connecting his characters and their conflicts to the reader, be it through quirks, qualities or quandaries. Wolff perfects these concepts by writing in his own lucid, terse style. "The tales in Wolff's [books] are seamless, their characters relentlessly ordinary"(Joan Smith, "Spelunking…"). Through personal experience and careful observation Wolff gathers the necessary insight to piece together novels that clearly dealt with the "normal" man and woman, their problems, and their accomplishments. Wolff's stories do......

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Title: Tobias Wolf
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