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The Things They Carried / In The Lake Of The Woods (2011)

by Tim O'Brien(Favorite Author)

4.29 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0547577516 (ISBN13: 9780547577517)

languge

English

genre

Poetry

publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

review 1: This is a thought provoking and heart wrenching work that is told over the series of small stories. While each story starts abruptly they tend to have common themes and share the same set of characters more or less told in chronological order from events of the war in Vietnam. Those stories blend truth and fiction so much so that the reader doesn't really know what's real, but that is one of the main themes of the book. It is an emotional ride where you really feel for the characters told in stories full of their experiences from Vietnam and how it has shaped and changed them forever. The stories of sadness, loss, longing, and the struggle to find a way back in society after war will really pull at the readers heart-strings. Highly recommended read.
review 2: T... moreim O’ Brien illuminated the emotional and physical burdens soldiers carried during the Vietnam War. His style of writing is both straightforward and eloquent. The soldiers were referred to as tangibles and intangibles. Unlike the tangibles items, the intangibles were something the soldiers would not, and could not, physically set down. The book itself contains interconnected stories about the soldiers. O’Brien was able to link the gaps between each character and formed a cohesive story. His work impacted my writing style because it is very intricate and deep, thus, challenging the mind to think beyond what is present. less

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