This is not simply a book about the Vietnam war, it is a sequence of award-winning stories about the human heart and about the terrible weight of life's experiences.
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This is not simply a book about the Vietnam war, it is a sequence of award-winning stories about the human heart and about the terrible weight of life's experiences.
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Add this copy of The Things They Carried to cart. $3.54, fair condition, Sold by Jenson Books Inc rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Logan, UT, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Houghton Mifflin.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 039551598X. Light bumping on board top corners and top edge of front board. Very light surface rubbing and a few small, light stains on boards. Else binding clean. A few small stains on page fore-edges. DJ spine lettering is somewhat sun-lightened; as seen on most copies. Else DJ clean.; LFH19D; 273 pages.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Dust jacket mis-folded at factory, so the title on spine is not perfectly centered. Otherwise book and dust jacket solid VG, no obvious flaws. Number line from 10 to 1. Dust jacket in Brodart cover.
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It's been over 40 years since I humped the Central Highlands of Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Tim O'Brien's account of those who served in the infantry coincided with many of my experiences and how I remembered feeling at the time of my service. It didn't glorify the life of an infantryman which is not glorious on a day to day basis, rather it described the experience in a way a true grunt can relate to.
nevermind
Aug 30, 2014
The best writing about Vietnam I know
I've known O'Brien's work for years, and used it in English courses. I ordered this copy for a friend who served with the Maine Corps at Khe Sanh.
Karen H
Apr 4, 2014
Excellent war tale
Many times while reading this book, I had to check to make sure this was not non-fiction. It was written so well and so believably. Having grown up during this period it made me understand the other side of the war and the veterans that came back. I didn't think I would like a book of this genre but it was quite fascinating.
JLH
Jun 20, 2013
Amazing
Very well written book that many should read to better understand the Vietnam war, because we sure didn't get the support then that all vets seem to get these days.
Robert
Jan 17, 2013
War seen from a different viewpoint
The book is an interesting perspective on the emotions at play in soldiering.The writer leads us to understand people through their possessions rather than their actions. This device more than compensates for a somewhat thin story line.