The Things They Carried (Hardcover)

from Whisper1

An exceedingly well written and haunting book written in novel form by a Viet Nam veteran. This is an incredibly powerful book and one that I highly recommend. The writing is crisp and clean with vivid images. While each chapter can stand alone, the tapestry of all units together becomes a quilt ...

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 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...