Tim O'Brien
Subtitle: a critical companion
By: Patrick A. Smith.
Series: Critical companions to popular contemporary writers,
Publisher: Greenwood Press; Greenwood
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: O'Brien, Tim, 1946- -- Criticism and interpretation; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Literature and the conflict; War stories, American -- History and criticism
Description: Tim O'Brien's first-hand experiences fighting in the Vietnam War are reflected in his many popular fiction novels, which are examined in this companion to his works. After growing up in Minnesota and graduating from college, he received a draft notice and joined the war effort in Vietnam. He chronicled his combat experiences in his memoir If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home, and then went on to write the eight novels that are discussed in this volume. The novels reflect their characters' struggle with the effects of place, namely small-town America, in the Vietnam Era.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-176) and index.
Table of contents: title: The words are all : a brief biography of Tim O'Brien; title: Creating art from the ashes of war : context and style in O'Brien's fiction; title: If I die in a combat zone, box me up and ship me home (1973); title: Northern lights (1975); title: Going after Cacciato (1978); title: The nuclear age (1985); title: The things they carried (1990); title: In the Lake of the Woods (1994); title: Tomcat in love (1998); title: July, July (2002).