Old School
The protagonist of Tobias Wolff's shrewdly—and at times devastatingly—observed first novel is a boy at an elite prep school in 1960. He is an outsider who has learned to mimic the negligent manner of his more privileged classmates. Like many of them, he wants more than anything on earth to become a writer. But to do that he must first learn to tell the truth about himself.The agency of revelation is the school literary contest, whose winner will be awarded an audience with the most legendary writer of his time. As the fever of competition infects the boy and his classmates, fraying alliances, exposing weaknesses, Old School explores the ensu…
Mehr
CHF 18.05
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
Versandkostenfrei
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4000-9525-4
- EAN: 9781400095254
- Produktnummer: 15723448
- Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 208 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 269 KB
Über den Autor
Tobias Wolff lives in Northern California and teaches at Stanford University. He has received the Rea Award for excellence in the short story, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the PEN/Faulkner Award.
36 weitere Werke von Tobias Wolff:
Die Arbeitslosigkeit während der Weltwirtschaftskrise 1929-1941 in den USA - Folgen, Probleme und Lösungsansätze
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 11.00
Systemtransformation in der Theorie und in der Praxis am Beispiel Russlands
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 9.00
Bewertungen
Anmelden