01563nam a22002897i 4500003000500000005001700005008004100022020003800063040002500101082001500126100003400141245004300175250004400218264007200262264001100334300002300345336002100368337002500389338002300414490003400437500005000471520061900521650004701140650003601187655001601223830003401239PPAK20191112120128.0191110t20191990enk    e      000 1beng d  a9780008329693cRM49.90qpaperback  aPPAKbengcPPAKerda04223a813.541 aO'Brien, Tim,d1946-eauthor.10aTHE THINGS THEY CARRIED /cTIM O'BRIEN  a4th Estate Matchbook Classics edition 1 1aLondon :b4th Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,c2019 4c©1990  a254 pages :c20 cm  2rdacontentatext  2rdamediaaunmediated  2rdacarrieravolume1 a4th Estate Matchbook Classics  aOriginally published: London : Collins, 1990.  aThe definitive account of what it was like being on the ground in Vietnam. But while that devastating conflict is central to the book, it is not simply about war. It is a book about memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. It is also about the human heart about the terrible weight of those things we carry through our lives. The men of Alpha Company - Jimmy Cross, Norman Bowker, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Henry Dobbins and Kiowa - slog through the emptiness and dangers of their Vietnam tour in this haunting and acclaimed collection, which has the cumulative power and unity of a novel.10aVietnam War, 1961-1975 vVeteransxFiction20aVietnam War, 1961-1975vFiction  aWar fiction 0a4th Estate matchbook classics