num_pages: 270
description: This depicts the men of Alpha Company. They battle the enemy (or maybe more the idea of the enemy), and occasionally each other. In their relationships we see their isolation and loneliness, their rage and fear. They miss their families, their girlfriends and buddies; they miss the lives they left back home. Yet they find sympathy and kindness for strangers (the old man who leads them unscathed through the mine field, the girl who grieves while she dances), and love for each other, because in Vietnam they are the only family they have.
language: English
title: The Things They Carried
titlecomplete: The Things They Carried
genres: Read For School, Short Stories, Historical Fiction, Historical, School, Literature, Military Fiction, Classics, War, Fiction
ratings_count: 302752
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: Recorded Books