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The Things They Carried

By Tim O'Brien
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Publisher Description

A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. 
 
The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O’Brien, who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three.
 
Taught everywhere—from high school classrooms to graduate seminars in creative writing—it has become required reading for any American and continues to challenge readers in their perceptions of fact and fiction, war and peace, courage and fear and longing.

The Things They Carried won France's prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize; it was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.

4459 Reviews

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Thinking Face
War violenceMemorableGripping/excitingNonlinear narrativeBeautifully-written
“Read this book as it's on Amazon's list of books to read in a lifetime. Such a raw and emotional book. O'Brien's stories of Vietnam were so vivid and heartbreaking. I gained an even great appreciation for war veterans and the things they carried during and after wartime.”
Thinking Face“This book is less about the facts of the war, and more about what war feels like. It’s a really powerful book for how it captures the complexity of what O’Brien experienced.”
DeathGriefMurderSelf-harmViolenceWar violenceMultilayeredNonlinear narrativeRealistic
Thinking Face“Has to be one of the best books I’ve ever read. A relatively short book that has a major impact on its reader. The emotions portrayed through the book are incredibly heartfelt; the grief, the pain, the shame, you feel it all for yourself through O’Brien’s somewhat blunt but exquisitely written novel.”
War violenceBelievableChange and growMemorableMinor characters stand outMultilayeredAtmosphericBeautifully-written

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