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Book · 1990

The Things They Carried

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War trauma Memory fractures Myth and reality Morally ambiguous Survivor guilt Grief soaked honesty

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Release
1990

Synopsis

*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.

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