Format:
Book
Author:
O'Brien, Tim, 1946- author.
Title:
The things they carried : a work of fiction / by Tim O'Brien.
Edition:
1st Mariner Books ed.
Publisher, Date:
Boston : Mariner Books : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Description:
233 p. ; 21 cm.
Summary:
This work depicts the heroic young men of Alpha Company as they carry the emotional weight of their lives to war in Vietnam in a patchwork account of a modern journey into the heart of darkness. They battle the enemy (or maybe more the idea of the enemy), and occasionally each other. In their relationships we see their isolation and loneliness, their rage and fear. They miss their families, their girlfriends and buddies; they miss the lives they left back home. Yet they find sympathy and kindness for strangers (the old man who leads them unscathed through the mine field, the girl who grieves while she dances), and love for each other, because in Vietnam they are the only family they have.
Subjects:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- Fiction.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Fiction.
Genre:
War fiction.
Notes:
"First published in 1990 by Houghton Mifflin" -- T.p. verso.
LCCN:
2009029928
ISBN:
9780618706419 (pbk.)
0618706410 (pbk.)
Other Number:
422760833
System Availability:
67
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
3115442
Call Number:
813/.54
Course Reserves:
0
# System items in:
56