Back in the World: Stories

From Publishers Weekly

Wolff (PEN/Faulkner winner for The Barracks Thief offers tales in the classic mode, maintaining unity of time, place and action. His characters and their dilemmas become recognizable in a few pages. "The voice is crisp, the words are simple, the talk is laconic and everyday, but the questions these 10 stories pose are terrifying ones about good and evil," PW found. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal

LJ's reviewer hailed Wolff's collection of short stories as "a brilliant examination of life for those who can stand its grimness" (LJ 10/15/85). Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.