SOURCE: Hannah, James. “Back in the World.” In Tobias Wolff: A Study of the Short Fiction, pp. 45-102. Boston: Twayne, 1996.
In the following essay, Hannah reviews each of the ten stories in Back in the World and compares the collection to In the Garden of the North American Martyrs. Hannah concludes that, while the two share some subject matter and style, Back in the World is notably less optimistic about the possibility of improving one's situation in life.
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