The Things They Carried

The Things They Carried
ISBN-10
000738680X
ISBN-13
9780007386802
Series
The Things They Carried
Category
Fiction
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
2015-09-24
Publisher
HarperCollins UK
Author
Tim O’Brien

Description

The million-copy bestseller, which is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling.

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