O'Brien, Tim, 1946-

The things they carried : a work of fiction / by Tim O'Brien. - 1st Mariner Books ed. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009, c1990. - 233 p. ; 21 cm.

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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.

Heroic young men carry the emotional weight of their lives to war in Vietnam in a patchwork account of a modern journey into the heart of darkness.

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Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--Fiction.
War stories, American.


Fiction.

PS3565.B75 / O'999t 2009

813/.54