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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 .
The Things They Carried blurs the lines between fact and fiction as the first-person narrator has the same name as the author (Tim O'Brien). [27] Each vignette explores themes such as loss, displacement, memory, trauma, and the nature of truth. [28] [29] O'Brien's writing style in The Things They Carried is informal, colloquial, and ...
In the story "Good Form," from his collection of semi-autobigraphical stories, The Things They Carried, O'Brien discusses the distinction between "story-truth" (the truth of fiction) and "happening-truth" (the truth of fact or occurrence), writing that "story-truth is sometimes truer than happening-truth." O’Brien suggests that story truth is ...
The Things They Carried – Tim O'Brien, 1990; Three Soldiers – John Dos Passos novel, 1921, World War I; The Tin Drum – Günter Grass novel; The Train Was on Time (Der Zug war pünktlich) – Heinrich Böll novel, 1949; Two Women – Alberto Moravia novel, 1958; Under Fire – Henri Barbusse novel, 1916 [13] The Unknown Soldier – Väinö ...
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On Wednesday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: USA TODAY White House Correspondent Joey Garrison takes a closer look at President-elect Donald Trump's comments about Greenland and the Panama Canal.
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