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# The Things They Carried (Flamingo): An award-winning history and politics memoir of the Vietnam War

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Review: Good book, good condition. - Good book, good condition.
Review: Immersed in the writer's war - Tim O'brien can really write. It's refreshing after reading so many poorly written books to come across a writer like this. He uses language skilfully to evoke experiences of war and to give a kind of poetic meaning, or poetic void of meaning to the scenes he witnessed. The first chapter is really brilliant and many of the others are also very good. However, I can't help but also feel there is a gap between an approach like this and the reality of the war itself. Time and again films and books will tell you that Vietnam was hell and pointless and seek to immerse you in the experience of it. Yet I have never once come across storytelling which honestly tries to consider the alternative argument. I mean, certainly it was a horrible experience and I don't want to disrespect that, but there were also reasons for the fight, however muddied they became or were perceived to be. Reading a book like this I get a sense of the writer's absolute self involvement, and wonder if it wasn't so much the war that was different to those preceding it, but the post-war generation who fought it who had lost their moral certainties. Certainly worth reading and appreciating for O'brien's talent with the English language and the experience of Vietnam he captures.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | 0006543944 |
| Best Sellers Rank | 13,997 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 319 in Short Stories (Books) 476 in War Story Fiction 1,523 in Literary Fiction (Books) |
| Customer reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (14,795) |
| Dimensions  | 13 x 1.63 x 19.71 cm |
| Edition  | 1st |
| ISBN-10  | 0007178387 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0006543947 |
| Item weight  | 1.05 kg |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 256 pages |
| Publication date  | 25 July 1991 |
| Publisher  | Flamingo |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good book, good condition.
*by I***S on 22 December 2025*

Good book, good condition.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Immersed in the writer's war
*by K***I on 16 January 2016*

Tim O'brien can really write. It's refreshing after reading so many poorly written books to come across a writer like this. He uses language skilfully to evoke experiences of war and to give a kind of poetic meaning, or poetic void of meaning to the scenes he witnessed. The first chapter is really brilliant and many of the others are also very good. However, I can't help but also feel there is a gap between an approach like this and the reality of the war itself. Time and again films and books will tell you that Vietnam was hell and pointless and seek to immerse you in the experience of it. Yet I have never once come across storytelling which honestly tries to consider the alternative argument. I mean, certainly it was a horrible experience and I don't want to disrespect that, but there were also reasons for the fight, however muddied they became or were perceived to be. Reading a book like this I get a sense of the writer's absolute self involvement, and wonder if it wasn't so much the war that was different to those preceding it, but the post-war generation who fought it who had lost their moral certainties. Certainly worth reading and appreciating for O'brien's talent with the English language and the experience of Vietnam he captures.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Highly recommended - a classic war novel
*by A***E on 27 June 2025*

A moving, thoughtful, personal, lyrical and wonderful read. You can't compete with someone who was actually there, actually experienced it, really saw the events and then the impact on coming home. I know it is fact mixing with fiction but this is still a top quality war story. For anyone interested in the Vietnam War or combat in general, I would highly recommend this - up there with All Quiet on the Western Front and Farewell to Arms!

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