"The best American writer of his generation." --
San Francisco Examiner A New York Times Book of the Century A Pulitzer Prize Finalist
A National Book Critics' Circle Award Finalist
Winner of the Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger (France)
Winner of the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize
Now with over two million copies in print,
The Things They Carried is a classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene. It
is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling.
"The Things They Carried is as good as any piece of literature can get." --
Chicago Sun-Times "This is writing so powerful that it steals your breath. ...
The Things They Carried is about more than war, of course. It is about the human heart and emotional baggage and loyalty and love.
