{"product_id":"9780618706419","title":"The Things They Carried","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e“O'Brien has written a vital, important book—a book that matters not only to the reader interested in Vietnam, but to anyone interested in the craft of writing as well.”—Michiko Kakutani,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edepicts 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTaught 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewon France's prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger and the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHeartland Prize; it was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn the twentieth anniversary of its publication, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e returns to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in paperback, with over two million copies in print. A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books Classics","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47854811447529,"sku":"9780618706419","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0406\/5548\/7129\/files\/9780618706419_a3df1.jpg?v=1729351132","url":"https:\/\/redstickreads.com\/products\/9780618706419","provider":"Red Stick Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}