Tobias Wolff
Paperback | Pages: 196 pages Rating: 3.82 | 10875 Users | 1219 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Old School |
| ISBN: | 0747574650 (ISBN13: 9780747574651) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | North East(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Nominee (2004), California Book Award for Fiction (Silver) (2003), National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee (2003) |
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At one prestigious American public school, the boys like to emphasise their democratic ideals - the only acknowledged snobbery is literary snobbery. Once a term, a big name from the literary world visits and a contest takes place. The boys have to submit a piece of writing and the winner receives a private audience with the visitor. But then it is announced that Hemingway, the boys' hero, is coming to the school. The competition intensifies, and the morals the school and the boys pride themselves on - honour, loyalty and friendship - are crumbling under the strain. Only time will tell who will win and what it will cost them.Declare Containing Books Old School
| Title | : | Old School |
| Author | : | Tobias Wolff |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 196 pages |
| Published | : | February 7th 2005 by Bloomsbury (first published 2003) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Novels |
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Ratings: 3.82 From 10875 Users | 1219 ReviewsRate Containing Books Old School
the prodigal paragraphthis book had one of the best final paragraphs i've ever read. ever since i finished the book a few months ago, i am oftentimes reminded of it:"Arch stopped and looked down the garden to where the headmaster stood by the drinks table with another master. The headmaster said, Late for his own funeral! and everyone laughed, then he put his glass down and came toward Arch with both hands outstretched. Though the headmaster was the younger man, and much shorter, and though ArchWOW... this is a damn fine book. Some amazing writing here... In fact, I think the best way to prove to you folks that this Wolff guy is "a beast," as the kids say these days, is to quote some passages right here."The heat from the fire brought a flush to her face and made her perfume thicker, headier. She turned to Mr. Rice, an English master and a southerner himself, who was tapping his ashes from his pipe into the fireplace. Do you think she'll come tonight? she asked.""Patty was his second
What a book! Despite the tranquil title, it's been an engrossing emotional roller coaster, which made me feel dizzy. The setting of 'Old School' (2003) by Tobias Wolff is an elite boarding school in the United States in 196061. The unnamed narrator is one of the students, 'book-drunk boys', obsessed with literature and creative writing: 'one could not live in a world without stories'. The school regularly organizes a competition and the prize is a private audience with a notorious author. The
Imagine yourself as a young writer at a prestigious boarding school. A prominent member of the faculty has just read your submission for a contest. He is genuinely excited for you. A marvelous story! Pure magic. Nononot magic. Alchemy. The dross of self-consciousness transformed into the gold of self-knowledge. Pretty heady stuff, isnt it? Old Schools protagonist was at an experiential high point when he heard that one. The truth is there are moments within the book where you could congratulate
Short review:This is a spare yet touching fictionalized account of Tobias's Wolfe's teen years spent an East Coast boarding school in the early 1960s. Poor, on scholarship, ambitious, and desperate to fit into this affluent and competitive environment, the young narrator adopts the aloof mannerisms of his wealthier school mates. He also utilizes dishonesty as a means of staying ahead of the game. The following passage warns the reader that his fall will be hard: "I guess he finished his story, I
What a book! Despite the tranquil title, it's been an engrossing emotional roller coaster, which made me feel dizzy. The setting of 'Old School' (2003) by Tobias Wolff is an elite boarding school in the United States in 196061. The unnamed narrator is one of the students, 'book-drunk boys', obsessed with literature and creative writing: 'one could not live in a world without stories'. The school regularly organizes a competition and the prize is a private audience with a notorious author. The
Want to read something funny and literate? Read this memoir.There are few books that provide this much hilarity, wisdom and grace.Old School, though categorized as a novel, is a thinly veiled memoir of Tobias Wolffs own experience as a scholarship boy in an elite prep school. The action largely centers on the boys writing competitions. Three times a year, a famous author would visit the school and choose one boys writing as the best. As a reward, that boy earned a private audience with the
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