The Things They Carried (4th Estate Matchbook Classics)

Tim Oâ Brien

ISBN 10: 0008329699 / ISBN 13: 9780008329693

Verlag: Fourth Estate, 2019

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G0008329699I3N00

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The million copy bestseller that redefined the way the world saw war.

One of the ten books – novels, memoirs and one very unusual biography – that make up our Matchbook Classics’ series, a stunningly redesigned collection of some of the best loved titles on our backlist.

The Things They Carried is the definitive account of what it was like being on the ground in Vietnam. But while that devastating conflict is central to the book, it is not simply about war. It is a book about memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. It is also about the human heart – about the terrible weight of those things we carry through our lives.

The men of Alpha Company – Jimmy Cross, Norman Bowker, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Henry Dobbins and Kiowa – slog through the emptiness and dangers of their Vietnam tour in this haunting and acclaimed collection, which has the cumulative power and unity of a novel.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Tim O’Brien was born in Minnesota and graduated from Macalester College in St Paul. He established himself as one of the leading writers of his generation in 1973 when he published ‘If I Die In A Combat Zone’, the compelling account of his own tour of duty in Vietnam, and is widely regarded as the finest novelist the Vietnam War has produced.

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Titel: The Things They Carried (4th Estate ...
Verlag: Fourth Estate
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket