1998, ISBN: 9782891445450

Broadway, 1998. Paperback. Good. One of the first questions people ask about The Things They Carried is this : Is it a novel, or a collection of short stories? The title page refers to … Mehr…

Broadway, 1998. Paperback. Good. One of the first questions people ask about The Things They Carried is this : Is it a novel, or a collection of short stories? The title page refers to the book simply as "a work of fiction," defying the conscientious reader's need to categorize this masterpiece. It is both: a collection of interrela ted short pieces which ultimately reads with the dramatic force and tension of a novel. Yet each one of the twenty-two short pieces is written with su ch care, emotional content, and prosaic precision that it could stand on it s own. The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henr y Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and of course , the character Tim O'Brien who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three. They battle the enemy (or ma ybe more the idea of the enemy), and occasionally each other. In their rela tionships we see their isolation and loneliness, their rage and fear. They miss their families, their girlfriends and buddies; they miss the lives the y left back home. Yet they find sympathy and kindness for strangers (the ol d man who leads them unscathed through the mine field, the girl who grieves while she dances), and love for each other, because in Vietnam they are th e only family they have. We hear the voices of the men and build images upo n their dialogue. The way they tell stories about others, we hear them tell ing stories about themselves. With the creative verve of the greatest fiction and the intimacy of a searing autobiography, The Things They Carried is a testament to the men who risked their lives in America's most c., Broadway, 1998, Rodale. PAPERBACK. B000U3F0R0 . Fine., Rodale, Marcel Didier. Paperback. VERY GOOD. Light rubbing wear to cover, spine and page edges. Very minimal writing or notations in margins not affecting the text. Possible clean ex-library copy, with their stickers and or stamp(s)., Marcel Didier<

2012, ISBN: 2891445457

[EAN: 9782891445450], D'occasion, comme neuf, [SC: 19.37], [PU: HURTUBISE HMH LTEE], Etat de neuf / As new condition / Expédié de la Suisse / Sent out from Switzerland 1S44545 97828914454… Mehr…

[EAN: 9782891445450], D'occasion, comme neuf, [SC: 19.37], [PU: HURTUBISE HMH LTEE], Etat de neuf / As new condition / Expédié de la Suisse / Sent out from Switzerland 1S44545 9782891445450 10,0 B 2012-06-19 0,193<

ISBN: 2891445457

[EAN: 9782891445450], [SC: 11.0], [PU: HURTUBISE HMH LTEE], 9782891445450 Etat de neuf / As new condition / Expédié de la Suisse / Sent out from Switzerland 1S44545 10,0 B 0,193