The Things They Carried
Author: O'Brien, Tim
ISBN: 9780006543947
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Year First Published: 1991
Pages: 256
Dimensions: 199mm x 130mm x 18mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
The million-copy bestseller, which is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling.
‘The Things They Carried’ is, on its surface, a sequence of award-winning stories about the madness of the Vietnam War; at the same time it has the cumulative power and unity of a novel, with recurring characters and interwoven strands of plot and theme.
But while Vietnam is central to ‘The Things They Carried’, it is not simply a book about war. It is also a book about the human heart – about the terrible weight of those things we carry through our lives.
ISBN: 9780006543947
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Year First Published: 1991
Pages: 256
Dimensions: 199mm x 130mm x 18mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
The million-copy bestseller, which is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling.
‘The Things They Carried’ is, on its surface, a sequence of award-winning stories about the madness of the Vietnam War; at the same time it has the cumulative power and unity of a novel, with recurring characters and interwoven strands of plot and theme.
But while Vietnam is central to ‘The Things They Carried’, it is not simply a book about war. It is also a book about the human heart – about the terrible weight of those things we carry through our lives.
