Two Great Books

[alice wellintown]

It has been a while, but I seem to remember that the fantastic descriptions
are drug induced, mixed with attempts to describe the paranoid madness of
the conflicts. The heart of darkness film, apocalypse now, manage the same,
although, of course, characters are not given much weight in the film.

On Saturday, November 3, 2012, Bekah wrote:

> On Nov 2, 2012, at 10:20 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> 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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