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The things they carried

Paperback • 1998 • English

The things they carried: a work of fiction

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About the book

One of the first questions people ask about The Things They Carried is this: Is it a novel, or a collection of short stories? The title page refers to the book simply as "a work of fiction," defying the conscientious reader's need to categorize this masterpiece. It is both: a collection of interrelated short pieces which ultimately reads with the dramatic force and tension of a novel. Yet each one of the twenty-two short pieces is written with such care, emotional content, and prosaic precision ...Show more

War, combat and military adventure fiction

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ISBN

9780767902892

Publisher

Broadway Books

Published year

1998

Language

English

Original title

The things they carried

Format

Paperback

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