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The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien (1990, Hardcover)

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One of the first questions people ask about The Things They Carried is this: Is it a novel, or a collection of short stories? The title page refers to the book simply as "a work of fiction," defying the conscientious reader's need to categorize this masterpiece. It is both: a collection of interrelated short pieces which ultimately reads with the dramatic force and tension of a novel. Yet each one of the twenty-two short pieces is written with such care, emotional content, and prosaic precision that it could stand on its own. The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and of course, the character Tim O'Brien who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three. They battle the enemy (or maybe more the idea of the enemy), and occasionally each other. In their relationships we see their isolation and loneliness, their rage and fear. They miss their families, their girlfriends and buddies; they miss the lives they left back home. Yet they find sympathy and kindness for strangers (the old man who leads them unscathed through the mine field, the girl who grieves while she dances), and love for each other, because in Vietnam they are the only family they have. We hear the voices of the men and build images upon their dialogue. The way they tell stories about others, we hear them telling stories about themselves. With the creative verve of the greatest fiction and the intimacy of a searing autobiography, The Things They Carried is a testament to the men who risked their lives in America's most controversial war.It is also a mirror held up to the frailty of humanity. Ultimately The Things They Carried and its myriad protagonists call to order the courage, determination, and luck we all need to survive. In 1979, Tim O'Brien's Going After Cacciato -- a novel about the Vietnam War -- won the National Book Award. In this, his second work of fiction about Vietnam, O'Brien's unique artistic vision is again clearly demonstrated. Neither a novel nor a short story collection, it is an arc of fictional episodes, taking place in the childhoods of its characters, in the jungles of Vietnam and back home in America two decades later.

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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Référence Publishers
ISBN-10
039551598x
ISBN-13
9780395515983
eBay Product ID (ePID)
9038257455

Product Key Features

Book Title
Things They Carried
Author
Tim O'Brien
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, War & Military, Short Stories (Single Author)
Publication Year
1990
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
273 Pages

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ps3565.B75t48 1990
Copyright Date
1990
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
89-039871
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
22

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5 out of 5 stars
by kgre2756Apr 06, 2016
tim o'brien required reading for ny state high school curriculum for u.s. history and english 11
tim o'brien required reading for ny state high school curriculum for u.s. history and english 11. several online activities available for my students
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by douglas502Nov 25, 2020
A difficult read for a Vietnam combat veteran.
This book while based on historical facts is pure fiction. The portrayal of the Vietnam soldier while in combat is truly fiction...... The stories are difficult for a Vietnam veteran to understand and a civilian during that period will not understand that they are truly a work of fiction.
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5 out of 5 stars
by mcd_us_yds5dmjg...Nov 24, 2020
The Title speaks for the War itself- Read the Book
Tim O' Brien writes well about the Vietnam Disaster.
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5 out of 5 stars
by darlinkdarOct 16, 2015
Great book, the stories are compelling. Couldn't put it down.
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5 out of 5 stars
by jennic02Jun 09, 2021
awsome
excellent read. very fun
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tim o'brien required reading for ny state high school curriculum for u.s. history and english 11

A difficult read for a Vietnam combat veteran.

The Title speaks for the War itself- Read the Book

Great book, the stories are compelling. Couldn't put it down.

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