Two Great Books
Bekah
bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net
Sat Nov 3 11:37:58 CDT 2012
On Nov 2, 2012, at 10:20 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> highly recommend O'Brien's The Things They Carried--even better than
> cacciato imho. short stories about Vietnam. thought it hung better
> than the novel did.
Yes, The Things They Carried is very good - I was so nervous about reading it because of my history with the war (anti-war effort) but one of my too many groups had selected it for their schedule. I was encouraged to read it by others in the group. So I held my breath and gave it a try. It was well worth it. It's somewhat fantastical in places, but based on what the vets felt was happening, trying to put that crap into words at a later time.
Bekah
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