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This is an amazing book of short stories about the Vietnam War -- brutal and beautiful and true. "The Things They Carried" is the name of the collection, but also of one of the short stories within, and it's my favorite short story EVER -- bypassing even my beloved Raymond Carver's work for the number one spot. It's the kind of story that grabs you and shakes you and makes you look at the world different. What more can a reader ask?
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The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Ellen Lewis, April 8, 2009
This is an amazing book of short stories about the Vietnam War -- brutal and beautiful and true. "The Things They Carried" is the name of the collection, but also of one of the short stories within, and it's my favorite short story EVER -- bypassing even my beloved Raymond Carver's work for the number one spot. It's the kind of story that grabs you and shakes you and makes you look at the world different. What more can a reader ask?(5 of 8 readers found this comment helpful)