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| 类型/形式: | Psychological fiction Fiction |
|---|---|
| 附加的形体格式: | Online version: O'Brien, Tim, 1946- Things they carried. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1990 (OCoLC)555787706 |
| 材料类型: | 小说 |
| 文件类型: | 书 |
| 所有的著者/提供者: |
Tim O'Brien |
| ISBN: | 039551598X : 9780395515983 |
| OCLC号码: | 20355671 |
| 描述: | 273 p. ; 22 cm. |
| 内容: | Things they carried -- Love -- Spin -- On the Rainy River -- Enemies -- Friends -- How to tell a true war story -- Dentist -- Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong -- Stockings -- Church -- Man I killed -- Ambush -- Style -- Speaking of courage -- Notes -- In the field -- Good form -- Field trip -- Ghost soldiers -- Night life -- Lives of the dead. |
| 责任: | by Tim O'Brien. |
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The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and of course, the character Tim O'Brien who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three. 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. We hear the voices of the men and build images upon their dialogue. The way they tell stories about others, we hear them telling stories about themselves. With the creative verve of the greatest fiction and the intimacy of a searing autobiography, The Things They Carried is a testament to the men who risked their lives in America's most controversial war. It is also a mirror held up to the frailty of humanity. Ultimately The Things They Carried and its myriad protagonists call to order the courage, determination, and luck we all need to survive.
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A modern classic
This book is widely taught in colleges and schools. It is one of the basic books to come out of the American experience in Vietnam."The Things They Carried" is generally in the form of linked stories, further tied together by the author/narrator's comments and possibly fictive explanations.Many of the...
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This book is widely taught in colleges and schools. It is one of the basic books to come out of the American experience in Vietnam."The Things They Carried" is generally in the form of linked stories, further tied together by the author/narrator's comments and possibly fictive explanations.Many of the stories depict experiences of a platoon of American soldiers on foot patrol in Vietnam. The main emphasis is on the psychological aspect of war--what the risk of death and guilt from killing wreak on the soul of the infantryman. Other stories are set after the war, as characters recollect their time as soldiers.The author himself, when asked what the main theme of this book was, replied, "Truth". Through a mix of realism and surrealism, with use of numerous frames and narrative strategies, and postmodern reworking of form and point of view, the author strives to convey the essentials of combat experiences that are notoriously difficult to transmit or to understand. The result is haunting, beautifully written, and profound--illuminating not just a crucial period in modern American history but also the metasignificance of the act of telling a story.For further perspectives on "The Things They Carried", the reader may browse the more than 600 customer reviews posted at Amazon.com.
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