The things they carried : a work of fiction af Tim O'Brien (f. 1946) (Bog)

Forfatter: Tim O'Brien (f. 1946)
Sprog: Engelsk
Antal sider: 246
Forlag: Mariner
Udgivelsesår: 2009
Summary: 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 work of Vietnam War fiction and a meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. In this landmark collection of stories, 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
Titel: The things they carried : a work of fiction
Udgave: Modern classic Mariner Books paperback edition

Sammendrag: Novellesamling/forbundne historier om en gruppe amerikanske soldater i Vietnamkrigen, Alpha Company. Fortælleren skildrer både de konkrete ting, de bærer – våben, udstyr, breve, fotos – og de usynlige byrder som traumer, skam, frygt og ansvar. Historierne bevæger sig frem og tilbage i tid mellem fronten i Vietnam og et senere liv i USA, hvor fortælleren som midaldrende forfatter forsøger at forstå og omskrive sine erfaringer. Bogen udforsker grænsen mellem fakta og fiktion, hvad sandhed vil sige i krigserindringer, og hvordan fortællinger kan give mening og trøst efter vold og tab. "The Things They Carried" regnes som central Vietnam War fiction og som et hovedværk i moderne amerikansk litteratur.
Type: Paperback