"The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

"The Things They Carried" is a groundbreaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the power of storytelling.

O'Brien uses plenty of metaphors to weave together a profound study of men at war, inspired by his experiences in the Vietnam War from 1969 to 1970.

With characters that are semiautobiographical, O'Brien creates a style that blurs fiction and nonfiction.