The Things They Carried

The Things They Carried
Author: Tim O'Brien
Series: Bucket List Historical Fiction Novels
Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction
Tag: Vietnam War
Publisher: Mariner Books
Publication Year: 2009
ASIN: 0618706410
ISBN: 0544309766

The Things They Carried is a historical fiction novel that follows the men of Alpha Company in the Vietnam War, including the character of Tim O'Brien (based on the author himself).

With lyrical prose and sensitivity, it examines the experience of the war, as well as memory, truth, and fear. If you have any interest in the Vietnam War, this is a must-read.

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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.
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