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The Barracks Thief is a novella by American writer Tobias Wolff, first published in 1984. The story concerns paratroopers in training during the time of the Vietnam War .
- Tobias Wolff
- 1984
1 de ene. de 1986 · The Barracks Thief is the story of three young paratroopers waiting to be shipped out to Vietnam. Brought together one sweltering afternoon to stand guard over an ammunition dump threatened by a forest fire, they discover in each other an unexpected capacity for recklessness and violence.
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5 de oct. de 2021 · The barracks thief. by. Wolff, Tobias, 1945- Publication date. 1984. Topics. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Fiction. Publisher. New York : Ecco Press. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled. Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English. 101 p. ; 22 cm. Notes. obscured text back cover. Access-restricted-item. true. Addeddate.
His novella, The Barracks Thief, which first appeared in Granta 8, won the PEN/Faulkner Award. His most recent book is a collection of his stories, That Room (2014). He was awarded Oregon State University's Stone Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement in 2014.
1 de abr. de 1993 · The Barracks Thief is the story of three young paratroopers waiting to be shipped out to Vietnam. Brought together one sweltering afternoon to stand guard over an ammunition dump threatened by a forest fire, they discover in each other an unexpected capacity for recklessness and violence.
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1 de ene. de 1984 · Longer than a sort story, more a novella, The Barracks Thief explores familiar ground in Wolff’s works: morally compromised men. But who’s to say what is dishonorable—theft, desertion, killing, even in a war?
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