Chapter 2: Sisters and Brothers Tobias Wolff

Tobias Wolff (1945-)

Tobias Wolff was Born in Birmingham, Alabama. Wolff was unhappy in school, but after serving in the U.S. Army in Vietnam, he decided on an education and received his B.A. and M.A. degrees at Oxford University and an M.A. at Stanford University. Wolff first published Ugly Rumors (1975), a novel, and is known for the collections of short stories In the Garden of North American Martyrs (1981); Back in the World (1985), in which "The Rich Brother" appears; Stories (1992); and The Night in Question (1996). The Barrack's Thief (1984), a novella, won the Pen/Faulkner Award as the best work of fiction for 1984, and an autobiography, This Boy's Life (1989), was made into a movie. A memoir of his tour-of-duty in Vietnam, In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War, appeared in 1996. Author Links Tobias Wolff - A Synopsis of His Works This site features a biography of Wolff along with links to summaries of his works.

"The Rich Brother" Tobias Wolff - A Synopsis of His Works

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