The things they carried: a work of fiction
(Book)
Author:
Published:
Boston : Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First Mariner books edition.
Physical Desc:
233 pages ; 21 cm
Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Points: 10
Lexile measure:
880L
Rating:
880
Status:
Mercer Adult Fiction
F OBR
Description
“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, New York Times
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.
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.
Copies
Location
Call Number
Status
Last Check-In
Mercer Adult Fiction
F OBR
Available
Sep 16, 2024
Location
Call Number
Status
Last Check-In
Ashland Adult Fiction
O'BRIEN
Available
Dec 3, 2024
Boulder Junction Adult Fiction
FIC OBR pbk.
Available
May 3, 2022
More Details
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780618706419, 9780547391175
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 5.8, 10 Points
Level 5.8, 10 Points
Lexile measure:
880
Notes
General Note
"First published in 1990 by Houghton Mifflin"--Title page verso.
Description
This work depicts the heroic young men of Alpha Company as they carry the emotional weight of their lives to war in Vietnam in a patchwork account of a modern journey into the heart of darkness. They battle the enemy (or maybe more the idea of the enemy), and occasionally each other. In their relationships we see their isolation and loneliness, their rage and fear. They miss their families, their girlfriends and buddies; they miss the lives they left back home. Yet they find sympathy and kindness for strangers (the old man who leads them unscathed through the mine field, the girl who grieves while she dances), and love for each other, because in Vietnam they are the only family they have.
Target Audience
880,Lexile.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,5.8,10.0,57010.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,Upper Grades (UG 9-12),5.8,10.0,Q57010.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,5.8,10,57010.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
O'Brien, T. (2009). The things they carried: a work of fiction. First Mariner books edition. Boston, 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. Boston, Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)O'Brien, Tim, 1946-, The Things They Carried: A Work of Fiction. Boston, 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. Boston, 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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