Our Story Begins is a collection of some of Tobias Wolff's greatest stories, and it's clear as to why they've been selected for this collection. Like Raymond Carver and Richard Yates, Wolff is able to create stunning realism. The stories aren't very plot-heavy, but those are the stories I end up lov...
I tried every night this week and kept falling asleep. Guess this just wasnt the right time for this book.
I skipped around and read about half of the stories, maybe a little more, but I'm ready to be done now. The stories strike me as well-crafted in a traditional sense, but they're incredibly depressing. Wolff seems to writing more from a morally instructive perspective than a loving perspective, i.e. ...