{"product_id":"things-they-carried","title":"The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien","description":"\u003cp\u003eA classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, \u003ci\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/i\u003e is a ground-breaking work of Vietnam War fiction and a meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this landmark collection of stories, \u003ci\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/i\u003e depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O'Brien, who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaught everywhere--from high school classrooms to graduate seminars in creative writing--it has become required reading for any American and continues to challenge readers in their perceptions of fact and fiction, war and peace, courage and fear and longing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/i\u003e won France's prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize; it was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The Things They Carried\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis as good as any piece of literature can get . . . It is controlled and wild, deep and tough, perceptive and shrewd.\" --\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eChicago Sun Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"In prose that combines the sharp, unsentimental rhythms of Hemingway with gentler, more lyrical descriptions, Mr. O'Brien gives the reader a shockingly visceral sense of what it felt like to tramp through a booby-trapped jungle, carrying 20 pounds of supplies, 14 pounds of ammunition, along with radios, machine guns, assault rifles and grenades. . . . With '\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Things They Carried,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMr. O'Brien has written a vital, important book--a book that matters not only to the reader interested in Vietnam, but to anyone interested in the craft of writing as well.\" --Michiko Kakutani, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"[B]elongs high on the list of best fiction about any war....crystallizes the Vietnam experience for everyone [and] exposes the nature of all war stories.\"--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Books of the Century\" \"With \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Tim O'Brien adds his second title to the short list of essential fiction about Vietnam. . . . [H]e captures the war's pulsating rhythms and nerve-racking dangers. But he goes much further. By moving beyond the horror of the fighting to examine with sensitivity and insight the nature of courage and fear, by questioning the role that imagination plays in helping to form our memories and our own versions of truth, he places \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehigh up on the list of best fiction about any war.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTIM O'BRIEN\u003c\/strong\u003e received the National Book Award for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoing After Cacciato\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Among his other books are \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Things They Carried,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePulitzer Finalist and a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Book of the Century, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the Lake of the Woods\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, winner of the James Fenimore Cooper Prize. He was awarded the Pritzker Literature Award for lifetime achievement in military writing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45549862912186,"sku":"9780618706419","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/imageloader_1424dfae-edf0-4025-99ca-cfac0c2da58d.jpg?v=1769770974","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/things-they-carried","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}