by Tobias Wolff · Picador · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780330310147
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«This Boy's Life» is Tobias Wolff's memoir, published by Picador in paperback (256 pages, in English).
Tobias Wolff reconstructs his childhood in the fifties, marked by his parents' divorce and constant moves with his mother. Their relationship is very close, almost telepathic, as Toby seeks his identity in the face of a new stepfather's hostility. His attempts to run away to Alaska, forge cheques and steal cars combine drama and humour.
The memoir was recognised with the Ambassador Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
For readers of memoirs and coming-of-age stories set in the United States of the fifties.
Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff is an American short story writer, memoirist, novelist, and teacher of creative writing. He is known for his memoirs, particularly This Boy's Life (1989) and In Pharaoh's Army (1994). He has written four short story collections and two novels including The Barracks Thief (1984), which won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Wolff received a National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in September 2015.
