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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 . Readers of Wolff's memoir In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War (1994) will note that the author trained as a paratrooper and served in Vietnam.
- Tobias Wolff
- War stories
- 1984
- 101 pages
1,790 ratings183 reviews. 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.
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.
7 de may. de 2015 · by Tobias Wolff. Start Free Trial. The Barracks Thief. PDF Cite. It is the mid-1960’s. When Philip Bishop’s father leaves his mother for another woman, Philip’s reaction is to deny his own...
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...
1 de ene. de 1984 · 4.1 119 ratings. See all formats and editions. Kindle. $13.99 Read with Our Free App. Paperback. from $10.00 1 Used from $10.00 1 New from $64.95. Prizewinning author Tobias Wolff's debut novel allows us to participate in lives we might otherwise condemn, forcing us to recognize the kinship of those lives to our own. Print length. 0 pages. Language
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