num_pages: 210
description: This is not simply a book about the Vietnam war, it is a sequence of award-winning stories about the human heart and about the terrible weight of life's experiences.
language: English
title: The Things They Carried
titlecomplete: The Things They Carried
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Short Stories, School, Literature, Read For School, Classics, Historical Fiction, Military Fiction
ratings_count: 302829
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger
category: Roman, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt