At just ten years old, Tobias Wolff is reluctantly on the road. His restless, spirited mother is desperate to build a life for them both, but Tobias is struggling with this ever-changing routine. When they finally reach Utah, he decides to change his name to Jack, after his hero Jack London, because he longs for adventure and to start afresh. This Boy's Life traces Jack's experiences growing up against the background of a violent and wildly optimistic America.
Tobias Wolff
Old School
$23.95 – Paperback book / Bloomsbury
It's 1960, in America, at a prestigious boys' public school, a place of privilege that places great emphasis on its democratic ideals. A teenage boy in his final year, on a scholarship, has learned to fit in with his ado... Buy or find out more →
Our Story Begins
$15.95$9.95 – Hardcover book / Alfred A Knopf
One of the most exquisite storytellers delivers his first collection in over a decade: ten potent new stories that, along with 21 classics, display his mastery over a quarter century. Buy or find out more →
This Boy's Life
$23.95 – Paperback book / Bloomsbury
At just ten years old, Tobias Wolff is reluctantly on the road. His restless, spirited mother is desperate to build a life for them both, but Tobias is struggling with this ever-changing routine. When they finally reach ... Buy or find out more →
Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories
$27.99 – Paperback book / Bloomsbury
An outstanding collection of new and classic stories, from one of America's greatest living short story writers
Our Story Begins combines twenty-one of Tobias Wolff’s classic stories with ten potent new works, spanning t... Buy or find out more →
Our Story Begins
$49.95$19.95 – Hardcover book / Bloomsbury
Tobias Wolff's first two books, In the Garden of the North American Martyrs and Back in the World, were a powerful demonstration of how the short story can 'provoke our amazed appreciation' (New York Times Book Review). ... Buy or find out more →
