Two Great Books

[Bekah]

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