Awards:
France’s Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger
Chicago Tribune’s Heartland Prize
Pulitzer Prize Finalist
National Book Critics Circle Award
Annotation:
Author Tim O'Brien shares his tales of his time in the Vietnam War through fictional short stories. Realistically portrayed with devastating emotions and vivid imagery, these stories are sure to put the reader right next to the soilders in the Vietnam jungle.
Book talk:
Imagine yourself just out of high school, taken away--possibly forever from everything you have ever known. Cities and towns no longer exist as you grew up in, you no longer can just join your friends for a soda and a movie. No longer are you trying to catch the girl of your dreams.
Life as you knew it is gone. You are no longer your own person, you're owned by the jungles of Vietnam. The only things you own are what you carry in and out on your back. The more your carry, the longer you've survived. But you never know when a bullet has your name on it.
You are young...BUT you aren't guaranteed a future...
You weren't sure of hope as death is around every corner.
BUT what you do have are The Things you Carry.
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