Probably one of the more powerful collections of
short fiction I have read in some time, Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried is by this time a well-known collection of stories dealing with the Vietnam War
and it’s after effects.
But these are not just war stories. O’Brien turns his attention to the nature of storytelling
itself, its functions, what it can and can’t do, especially about such weighty
topics as war, love, life and death.
Simply compelling and fascinating, The Things They Carried has much to
teach writers about the inherent strengths and limitations of their craft.
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