The Things They Carried, (Hardcover)

from snat

Awestruck may be the best way to describe how I felt upon reading this book the first time. So how did I feel upon reading it the second time? I just want to bow at Tim O'Brien's feet while muttering a Wayne's World style "I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy." Using non-linear narrative and stringing ...

from laytonwoman3rd

The Things They Carried is an excellent companion to Ken Burns's documentary, The Vietnam War, in which Tim O'Brien is one of the many contributors. It is categorized as a work of fiction...a series of stories about being a foot soldier in Vietnam, which O'Brien was. I think the line between fact...

from Dale

A very real and true book. If a reader is looking for truth/knowledge of the Viet Nam altercation fought by true infantry or "grunts" then they should look no further except to compare with other VN era books. I instantly knew what the author described. The dust cover brought tears to my eyes an...

from laytonwoman3rd

The Things They Carried is an excellent companion to Ken Burns's documentary, The Vietnam War, in which Tim O'Brien is one of the many contributors. It is categorized as a work of fiction...a series of stories about being a foot soldier in Vietnam, which O'Brien was. I think the line between fact...

from brenzi

"The thing about a story is that you dream it as you tell it, hoping that others might then dream along with you, and in this way memory and imagination and language combine to make spirits in the head. There is the illusion of aliveness." (Page 230) Tim O'Brien is quite a storyteller. Here's wha...