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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780767902892 |
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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 43. 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.
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About the Author
Other books by Tim O'Brien include If I Die in a Combat Zone Box Me Up and Ship Me Home, Going After Cacciato, Northern Lights, The Nuclear Age, and In the Lake of the Woods. Going After Cacciato won the National Book Award in 1979. In the Lake of the Woods won the James Fenimore Cooper Prize from the society of American Historians and was selected as the best novel of 1994 by Time magazine. His latest novel, Tomcat in Love (1998), is published by Broadway Books, a division of Random House.
Table of Contents
Love
Spin
On the Rainy River
Enemies
Friends
How to Tell a True War Story
The Dentist
Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong
Stockings
Church
The Man I Killed
Ambush
Style
Speaking of Courage
Notes
In the Field
Good Form
Field Trip
The Ghost Soldiers
Night Life
The Lives of the Dead
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Average customer rating based on 4 comments:
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shiralunacy, August 7, 2007 (view all comments by shiralunacy)
Great writing leaves us at a loss for words, at least for a time, as soon as we try to describe how a book affected us. It is important to make the effort anyway, so here goes. Of all the ways in which The Things They Carried moved me, the main one is the way O?Brien captures, describes, transmits, the pain and force of the need felt by many soldiers to express the inexpressible, their experience of war. The pain is from knowing the attempt will most likely fail, but trying anyway. The book is about Vietnam in its particulars, but in its reach is about all war and the need to get across to somebody else, ?this is what it is like to be me, here, now,? knowing we might be blown to kingdom come a minute from now.
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uncle_loki, April 28, 2007 (view all comments by uncle_loki)
This book of short stories contains some of the most wonderful imagery I have ever read. If there is one thing Obrien does in his writting it is to convey the emotion and meaning of an experience deeply, on the gut level. It's more than just understanding what he is trying to communicate; the text seeps into you. Fantastic! I would also recomend Going After Cacciato.
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frozenones, February 1, 2007 (view all comments by frozenones)
In my college english class, this was a required reading. When I first read it, I was confused about the style in which it was written. Then, I read it again and I cried. I felt as if I were there with the guys, "humping" not only their physical weight, but their emotional weight as well. It is a wonderfully written book and should definately be required reading in ALL english classes. Tim O'Brien shines a light on a dark time in our nations history. Thank you Mr. O'Brien for not only your writing, but most importantly, for your serving. I as are my children are forever in your debt. Thank you to all of our brave men and women who proundly serve and keep us safe.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780767902892
- Subtitle:
- A Work of Fiction
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Broadway Books
- Location:
- New York :
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Fiction
- Subject:
- War
- Subject:
- Vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975
- Subject:
- Psychological fiction
- Subject:
- Veterans
- Subject:
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Subject:
- Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Fiction.
- Subject:
- Vietnamese Conflict, 19
- Subject:
- War & Military
- Edition Description:
- 1st Broadway Books trade paperback ed.
- Series Volume:
- no. 11
- Publication Date:
- December 1998
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Yes
- Pages:
- 272
- Dimensions:
- 8.10x5.36x.72 in. .51 lbs.
