{"product_id":"the-things-they-carried-9780618706419","title":"The Things They Carried","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\"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.\"\u003cem\u003e--\u003c\/em\u003eMichiko Kakutani, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, \u003cem\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/em\u003e is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cem\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTim O'Brien received the 1979 National Book Award for \u003ci\u003eGoing After Cacciato\u003c\/i\u003e. Among his other books are \u003ci\u003eIn the Lake of the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTomcat in Love\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIf I Die in a Combat Zone\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJuly, July\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50568930328850,"sku":"9780618706419","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a8243d94-a280-461e-9fcc-b447ce303c9e.jpg?v=1731952019","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-things-they-carried-9780618706419","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}