The Things They Carried
byTim O'Brien
Genres: Historical fictionWar
The million-copy bestseller, which is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. 'The Things They Carried' is, on its surface, a sequence of award-winning stories about the madness of the Vietnam War; at the same time it has the cumulative power and unity of a novel, with recurring characters and interwoven strands of plot and theme. But while Vietnam is central to 'The Things They Carried', it is not simply a book about war. It is also a book about the human heart - about the terrible weight of those things we carry through our lives.
Language
en
Published on
01/01/1991
Pages
256
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780006543947
Who is this book for? Readers interested in war stories, psychological fiction, and explorations of memory and human experience.
Topics Family dynamics during wartimeVietnam war experiencesReflections on wartime experiencesMoral dilemmas in the battlefieldEmotional burdens of warLoss and grief in warPsychological trauma of veteransFriendship among soldiersPersonal sacrifices in combatPsychological impact of warWarMemoryHuman Nature
MoodReflective, Melancholic
RomanceMinor Subplot
ViolenceModerate
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