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The things they carried, Tim O'Brien

Label
The things they carried, Tim O'Brien
Language
eng
Form of composition
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
The things they carried
Music parts
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Oclc number
180195917
Responsibility statement
Tim O'Brien
Summary
This depicts the men of Alpha Company. 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
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