An edition of The Things They Carried (1990)

The Things They Carried

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An edition of The Things They Carried (1990)

The Things They Carried

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  • ★★★★ 4.3 (41 ratings)
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  • 73 Have read

Heroic young men carry the emotional weight of their lives to war in Vietnam in a patchwork account of a modern journey into the heart of darkness.

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Broadway Books
Language
English
Pages
246

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Reading Level-Grade 9 Reading Level-Grade 11 Reading Level-Grade 10 Reading Level-Grade 12 Fiction, short stories (single author) Veterans, fiction Fiction, psychological Vietnam war, 1961-1975, fiction Fiction, family life Married people, fiction Missing persons, fiction Politicians, fiction Minnesota, fiction Politicians Vietnam War, 1961-1975 American War stories Missing persons Married people Veterans Fiction Short stories Soldiers Loneliness Male friendship Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 Romans, nouvelles Anciens combattants Solitude Amitié masculine Military Personnel Fictional works War Vietnam Conflict American Short stories Nouvelles américaines Récits de guerre américains Warfare

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Things They Carried
2018, Thorndike Press
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The Things They Carried
Mar 22, 2010, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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The Things They Carried
2007, Broadway Books
in English
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The Things They Carried
2002, Turtleback
in English
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Las cosas que llevaban: los hombres que lucharon
1993, Editorial Anagrama
in Spanish
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The things they carried
July 25, 1991, Flamingo
in English
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The things they carried: a work of fiction
1991, Penguin Books
in English
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The things they carried: a work of fiction
1990, Houghton Mifflin
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The things they carried
1990, Collins
in English
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The Things They Carried
1990, Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence
in English

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Library of Congress
PS3565.B75T48 1998, PS3565.B75 T48 1998

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL37841733M
Internet Archive
isbn_9780767902892
ISBN 10
0767902890
LCCN
98049677
OCLC/WorldCat
43073128, 40251721

Work Identifiers

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OL2919959W

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Work Description

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.

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