{"product_id":"the-things-they-carried-hardcover","title":"The Things They Carried - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA classic, life-changing meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling, with more than two-million copies in print \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDepicting the men of Alpha Company--Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O'Brien, who survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three--the stories in \u003ci\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/i\u003e opened our eyes to the nature of war in a way we will never forget. It is taught everywhere, from high school classrooms to graduate seminars in creative writing, and in the decades since its publication it has never failed to challenge our perceptions of fact and fiction, war and peace, and courage, longing, and fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[An] ultimate, indelible image of war in our time, and in time to come.\" -- \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an American classic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince it burst onto the literary scene twenty years ago, \u003ci\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/i\u003e has not stopped changing minds and lives, challenging readers in their perceptions of fact and fiction, war and peace, courage and fear and longing. It is an unparalleled Vietnam testament. It is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. It is a major literary achievement and a book beloved by readers and writers and teachers and students. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Things They Carried 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. These men carried malaria tablets, love letters, 28-pound mine detectors, dope, illustrasted Bibles, each other. And if they made it home alive, they carried images of a nightmarish war that haunts our history and echoes into our present. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Things They Carried is required reading for any American.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/i\u003e is as good as any piece of literature can get. -- \u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Century A Pulitzer Prize Finalist A National Book Critics' Circle Award Finalist Winner of the Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger (France) Winner of the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A marvel of storytelling... 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.\" -- \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is writing so powerful that it steals your breath. ... \u003ci\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/i\u003e is about more than war, of course. It is about the human heart and emotional baggage and loyalty and love. It is about the difference between 'truth' and 'reality.' It is about death--and life.\"--\u003ci\u003eMilwaukee Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Rendered with an evocative, quiet precision, not equaled in the imaginative literature of the American war in Vietnam.\" --\u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"You ve got to read this book . In a world filled too often with numbness, or shifting values, these stories shine in a strange and opposite direction, moving against the flow, illuminating life's wonder, life's tenuousness, life's importance.\" -- \u003ci\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A book so searing and immediate you can almost hear the choppers in the background.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTim O'Brien received the 1979 National Book Award in fiction for \u003ci\u003eGoing After Cacciato\u003c\/i\u003e. Among his other books are the acclaimed novels \u003ci\u003eIn the Lake of the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTomcat in Love\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIf I Die in a Combat Zone\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJuly, July\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eIn the Lake of the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e received the James Fenimore Cooper Prize from the Society of American Historians and was named \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine's best novel of the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 8.44 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 22, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Delaware Diamonds Award (2011)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Things They Carried\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52019525648685,"sku":"9780547391175","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/the-things-they-carried-hardcover-6409475.webp?v=1777440127","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-things-they-carried-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}