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Old School by Tobias Wolff β book review
βA true piece of writing is a dangerous thing. It can change your life.β Old School presents its readers with a concise exploration of the complexities of writing and interpretation. Tobias Wolff exerts exquisite control over his prose, evoking through his sparse yet vivid language the rarefied world in which his unmanned narrator moves in. […]
1960s, 1st pov, 3.5 STARS, academia, Adult, all boys school, ambiguous protagonist, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, american classics, boarding/private school, books about books, books about writers, BOOKS ON WRITING, coming of age, dark academia, HISTORICAL FICTION, identity, introspective, jealousy, LITERARY FICTION, male authors, modern classics, morality, Old School, philosophical, PRIVILEGE, psychological, published in 2003, read in 2020, Tobias Wolff, unnamed narrator