The Stories of Tobias Wolff

ISBN 978-1-86478-087-1

The smartstudy® English guide to The Stories of Tobias Wolff provides a valuable accompaniment to this provoking and challenging collection, analysing common themes and important characters. Wolff creates sparse and powerful settings in which his deeply flawed protagonists struggle with their own limitations and moral dilemmas. There are no easy answers, with Wolff exposing the gulf between mundane reality and unfulfilled ideals.

Key Features:

• notes about the author/director/poet/playwright
• an overview of the historical and cultural context
• chapter/scene/story summaries
• character profiles
• analysis of themes and genres
• critical perspectives of the text
• key quotations
• focus questions in each section
• marginal notes explaining key passages, ideas, terms and characters
• a guide to planning and writing an essay
• a sample essay with annotations
• further exam-style essay questions
• a bibliography and further reading section

$16.95

(GST Inc.)