“Hunters in the Snow” is a short story by Tobias Wolff. It was first published in Wolff’s short story collection, In the Garden of the North American Martyrs. It follows three friends—Tub, Frank, and Kenny—as they embark on a hunting trip in the woods. Over the course of the day, they encounter unexpected challenges and confess troubling secrets. The story explores themes of selfishness, dysfunctional friendships, and destructive choices.
Tobias Wolff provided a definition of the guiding principles behind his own stories in explaining his choices of the works of others for Matters of Life and Death (1983), the anthology of contemporary...
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"I was a liar myself when I was a kid. I'm still a liar, really, and I don't mean just in terms of telling stories and being a story writer. I wouldn't ever want to be held to a literal version of the...
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Tobias (Jonathan Ansell) Wolff
Tobias Wolff