Literary Fiction

The Things They Carried

by Tim O'Brien

A searing collection of interconnected stories about American soldiers in Vietnam, blurring the line between fiction and memoir. O'Brien explores the physical and emotional burdens of war—fear, love, grief, guilt—and the stories soldiers tell to survive. A meditation on truth, memory, and the weight of what we carry.

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