# Back in the World

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- Book: [Back in the World](https://www.bookquiver.com/tobias-wolff/back-in-the-world) ([Back in the World.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/tobias-wolff/back-in-the-world.md))
- Authors: [Tobias Wolff](https://www.bookquiver.com/tobias-wolff)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-06-7976-796-1
- Pages: 224
- Published: 1996-10-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

To American soldiers in Vietnam, " back in the world" meant America and safety. To Tobias Wolff's characters, Back in the World is where lives that have veered out of control just might become normal again. Unfortunately,...