The Night in Question (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Tobias Wolff
- First Published: 1996
- Type of Work: Short stories
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Husbands, Wives, Parents and children, Love or romance, Friendship, Divorce, Bereavement or grief
In his longer fictional and autobiographical works, Tobias Wolff examines human love and trust, the ties of loyalty which bind wives to husbands, children to parents, soldiers to their comrades in arms. Often, these ties persist in spite of repeated disappointment and betrayal. The Night in Question, Wolff’s second collection of short stories centers around the same themes. The time and settings of the fifteen stories are similar to those Wolff uses in his longer works. His characters inhabit Vietnam-era military camps, college campuses, and middle-class neighborhoods of the...
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