The things they carried: a work of fiction
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Published:
Boston [Mass.] : Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First Mariner Books edition.
Physical Desc:
233 pages ; 21 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780618706419 (pbk.), 0767902890 (pbk.), 0618706410, 9780547391175, 054739117X
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 5.8, 10 Points
Level 5.8, 10 Points
Lexile measure:
880
Notes
Description
A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. The 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. Taught everywhere--from high school classrooms to graduate seminars in creative writing--it has become required reading for any American and continues to challenge readers in their perceptions of fact and fiction, war and peace, courage and fear and longing. The Things They Carried won France's prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize; it was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Description
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.
Description
A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. The 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. Taught everywhere--from high school classrooms to graduate seminars in creative writing--it has become required reading for any American and continues to challenge readers in their perceptions of fact and fiction, war and peace, courage and fear and longing. The Things They Carried won France's prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize; it was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Target Audience
880L,Lexile
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APA Citation (style guide)
O'Brien, T. (2009). The things they carried: a work of fiction. First Mariner Books edition. Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)O'Brien, Tim, 1946-. 2009. The Things They Carried: A Work of Fiction. Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)O'Brien, Tim, 1946-, The Things They Carried: A Work of Fiction. Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
MLA Citation (style guide)O'Brien, Tim. The Things They Carried: A Work of Fiction. First Mariner Books edition. Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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