Old School
by Tobias Wolff
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Author: Tobias WolffEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-08-31
ISBN: 0965915174
Number of pages: 195
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: "..the nature of literature to behave like the fallen world"
Summary: 5 Stars
In the world of Old School, literature matters. Collectively, the students of this high strung, Eastern prep school, write with intensity, compete through writing and reveal, discover and in some cases even diminish themselves in plot, character, voice, words. For the characters in this compact gem of a novel, no task presents more difficult or leads to greater disapointment than that of distinguishing truth from falsehood, representation from reality, understanding from intent. If the world of literature presents no bright lines to them it is because even literature is unable to reflect that which is not there to be seen: "It is the nature of literature to behave like the fallen world it contemplat[es]." Between the covers of this novel, Wolff offers us superb insights on Robert Frost, Ayn Rand, Ernest Hemmingway, Nathaniel Hawthorne and others. That's as it should be, since Old School does indeed concern itself with the great dialogue within the cannon of American lit. If America had a literary czar whose job was to bestow on books deemed worthy the status of a classic, even though newly published, I am certain such a czar would make that proclammation of Wolff's Old School.
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