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Type: fiction

Status: —

Author: Tobias Wolff

Tags: american bildungsroman first

Description: A bildungsroman of sorts. The book follows a collection of young men that attend an expensiveA bildungsroman of sorts. The book follows a collection of young men that attend an expensive boy's prep school circa 1960. Three times a year, the school brings in an author of note to meet with the students. During the course of the book, three different authors visit: Robert Frost, Ayn Rand and Earnest Hemingway. The vignettes regarding each of these authors is as much a commentary on them and literary style, as it is on perceptions of readers and expectation.

This book is not perfect, but it is a reasonable attempt by a reasonably talented author....

2005-11-04