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Barcode30293101906183
LocationClark County
Call NoF O'Br
TitleThe things they carried : a work of fiction / by Tim O'Brien.
AuthorO'Brien, Tim, 1946- author.
CollectionF
Total Circ25
NumReserves0
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LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc StatusTemp Loc
Clark County30293101906183F O'Br9/4/2016 AvailableClark County

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780618706419
International Standard Book Number 0618706410
Personal Name O'Brien, Tim, 1946- author.
Title Statement The things they carried : a work of fiction / by Tim O'Brien.
Edition Statement First Mariner Books edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice Boston : Mariner Books, 2009.
Physical Description 233 pages ; 21 cm.
Formatted Contents Note The things they carried -- Love -- Spin -- On the rainy river -- Enemies -- Friends -- How to tell a true war story -- The dentist -- Sweetheart of the song tra bong -- Stockings -- Church -- The man I killed -- Ambush -- Style -- Speaking of courage -- Notes -- In the field -- Good form -- Field trip -- The ghost soldiers -- Night life -- The lives of the dead.
Summary, Etc. 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.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Soldiers Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Veterans Fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form War fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Psychological fiction.

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