The Night in Question | Setting
Most of Tobias Wolff's stories do not depend on a detailed description of a particular location for their effectiveness. Wolff tends to provide some general suggestions which place the story within a recognizable region, but beyond the necessity for sufficient detail to support the realistic mode which Wolff employs, the stories are not anchored to their settings. In one of the most powerful stories in the collection, "Firelight," a woman and her teenage son are searching for an apartment in an unnamed city. Eventually, the boy mentions that they have been in Seattle for several years,...
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