This Boy’s Life: A Memoir
by Tobias Wolff
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Intriguing… (2008-04-06)
The memoir is intriguing. Any male who reads this can, at some point, relate to the follies, plunders, and disappointments Wolff encounters during his adolescence. It is explicit and candid making for an interesting read.absorbing and painful with moments of comic relief (2008-02-19)
I’m about 2/3rds through this, and I find it entirely absorbing. Wolff’s writing talent is not in using fancy words or complex forms…just one sentence after another of perfectly pitched prose that feels entirely true and believable. He gains the reader’s trust and empathy early on and never loses them, even though, in my case, I wasn’t much interested in the details of his somewhat sordid and pathetic early years. I keep asking myself this holds my attention, while most memoirs by people I have a lot more in common with don’t. (Not to sound like a snob, but guns, dogs, smoking, drinking, etc. have never been my thing.) I think the reason is that his writing seems entirely transparent, plus you care about him. postscript: I’ve finished it now and towards the end I was increasingly pained by how f**ked up a person Wolff is–or was. It’s troubling and yet the writing is still transparent. You might say he gives us a God’s eye view: if there is a force that knows everything and can look at all our failings, faults and mistakes with simultaneous compassion and dispassion, then I think such a Being would write up Wolff’s early life in the way he himself wrote it. You get a feeling that there is no self-judging or constrictions and nothing to hide: just the truth, the all too human truth.worth the trip (2007-11-05)
A great true story (almost) about Mr.Wolffs childhood. Robert DeNiro did an excellent job as the step-Father in this movie. This is typical of a Father figure who has no self esteem and picks at every little thing that goes wrong. It is never his fault always someone else. Toby has a tough time with growing up without a father and being carted around the country by his Mother who has no roots to tie on to. I see a lot of teenage problems in this movie that are played out and done extremely well. Take the time to watch this movie, you will not be sorry.well written memoir (2007-08-28)
This is a well written and engaging memoir. It ends a bit abruptly, leaving me wondering how the author went on to become the distinguished writer he did. I enjoyed this book. The people and places described did become alive to me. While not a page turner, this was a book I enjoyed quite a bit.Great Read (2007-08-15)
Short (4-5 hours) account of author’s troubled youth. Hard to put down, this book would easily appeal to a wide audience.
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