Things They Carried

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Tim O'Brien: Things They Carried (2009, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers)

English language

Published 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers.

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978-1-299-88641-4
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The Things They Carried (1990) is a collection of linked short stories by American novelist Tim O'Brien, about a platoon of American soldiers fighting on the ground in the Vietnam War. His third book about the war, it is based upon his experiences as a soldier in the 23rd Infantry Division.

26 editions

Subjects

  • Fiction, short stories (single author)
  • Veterans, fiction
  • Fiction, psychological
  • Vietnam war, 1961-1975, fiction