The Things They Carried
- ISBN-10
- 0006543944
- ISBN-13
- 9780006543947
- Series
- The Things They Carried
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 236
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- HarperCollins UK
- Author
- Tim O'Brien
Description
A collection of award-winning and utterly moving stories about the madness of the Vietnam war.
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