Obrien Tim 1946 (8 results)

paperback. Condition: Fine. DETAILS: PAPERBACK, cover price$18.00, fresh attractive copy, fine condition, essentially like a new book. O'BRIEN, TIM. If I die in a combat zone, box me up and ship me home. New York: Broadway Books, 2014, later printing, , . O'Brien's searing memoir of his years as a soldier in Vietnam takes readers with him through the ghostly ambiguities of manhood and morality in a war gone terribly wrong. ISBN 9780767904438.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 322 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x6 1/4") bound in original publisher's quarter red cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original jacket. Inscribed by the author. First edition. William Timothy "Tim" O'Brien (born October 1, 1946) is an American novelist best known for his work of fiction, The Things They Carried, a critically acclaimed collection of semi-autobiographical, inter-related short-stories inspired by O'Brien's experiences in the Vietnam War. In addition, he is known for his work, Going After Cacciato, also written about wartime Vietnam. O'Brien has held the endowed chair at the MFA program of Texas State University, San Marcos every other year since the 2003-2004 year (i.e. 2003-2004, 2005-2006, 2007-2008, 2009¿2010, and 2011-2012). Tim O'Brien is widely acclaimed as our finest chronicler of the Vietnam War and its aftermath. In his novel July, July he tells the heart-rending and often hilarious story of a group of men and women who came into adulthood at a moment when American ideals and innocence began to fade. Their lives will ring familiar to anyone who has dreamed big dreams, suffered disappointment, and still struggled toward a happy ending. At the thirtieth reunion of Minnesota's Darton Hall College class of 1969, ten old friends join their classmates for a July weekend of dancing, drinking, flirting, reminiscing, regretting. The three decades since their graduation have seen marriage and divorce, children and careers, hopes deferred and abandoned. Two best friends toast their ex-husbands with vodka and set out for a good time. A damaged war veteran opens his soul to a republican trophy wife recovering from a radical mastectomy. An overweight mop manufacturer with a large yet failing hear reignites his passion for a hyperkinectic housewife. And whispering in the background is the elusive Johnny Ever, part cynical angel, part conscience, the cosmic soul of ages past and of ages future. O'Brien once again strikes at the emotional nerve center of our lives. With humor and a sense of wistful hope, July, July speaks directly our our unique American character and to our unique resilience. Condition: Inscribed on title else a fine copy in like jacket. Inscribed by Author(s).

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 312 pages; Description: 312 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Men --Psychology --Fiction. Nuclear warfare --Fiction. Form/Genre: Psychological fiction. Publisher's review copy with their ephemera loosely inserted. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 312 pages; Description: 312 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Men --Psychology --Fiction. Nuclear warfare --Fiction. Form/Genre: Psychological fiction. Publisher's review copy with their ephemera loosely inserted. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The award-winning author of The Things They Carried and Going After Cacciato delivers his first new novel in two decades, a brilliant and rollicking odyssey, in which a bank robbery sparks a satirical romp through a country plagued by deceit- (Kirkus, starred review). This copy is in fine condition, a first printing, simply signed by O'Brien on the tipped in page with the fine dustjacket mylar covered. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for shipping. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Octavo, 338 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is blue with white print. Dust jacket in mylar. Price unclipped: "£4.95". Boards in blue cloth. Signed in ink by the author on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column V. 1403509. FP New Rockville Stock.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. THE DEFINITIVE LITERARY PORTRAIT OF THE VIETNAM WAR A landmark work of modern American literature, The Things They Carried transformed the Vietnam War novel through its blending of fiction, memory, autobiography, and metafiction. Structured as interconnected stories following soldiers of Alpha Company, the book explores not only the physical burdens of combat, but also the emotional and psychological weight carried long after war ends. Through figures such as Jimmy Cross, Rat Kiley, Norman Bowker, Henry Dobbins, Kiowa, Mitchell Sanders, and the semi-fictionalized Tim O'Brien himself, the work examines fear, guilt, imagination, friendship, storytelling, and survival. Few modern novels have so profoundly shaped public understanding of war, truth, and memory. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Original publisher's binding with dust jacket. Octavo, 8.25 inches; 4-273 pages. First Edition, First Printing. CONDITION: No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. Bindings are tight and square. A collectible example of one of the defining American novels of the late twentieth century. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE - The Things They Carried is widely regarded as one of the essential American books about Vietnam and among the most influential works of postwar fiction. O'Brien, himself a Vietnam veteran, helped redefine the literary war narrative by rejecting simple heroism in favor of ambiguity, emotional complexity, and moral uncertainty. The work received major international recognition, including France's Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize, and remains central to American literary and historical discourse decades after publication. Several stories from the collection have been adapted for stage and dramatic interpretation, and the novel continues to influence contemporary war writing. Rather than presenting war as a straightforward historical narrative, O'Brien blurs the line between reality and invention, forcing readers to question the nature of truth itself. Stories shift between memory, confession, fantasy, and emotional reconstruction, creating a literary structure that mirrors the fragmented psychology of trauma and remembrance. The recurring idea of what soldiers 'carry' becomes both literal and symbolic: weapons, letters, photographs, fear, shame, longing, superstition, grief, and memory. O'Brien's prose moves fluidly between brutal realism and lyrical reflection, making the novel simultaneously a war narrative and a meditation on storytelling itself. Widely taught from secondary schools to graduate writing programs, the novel became foundational to discussions of creative nonfiction, metafiction, memory studies, and postwar American identity. SUBJECTS: Tim O'Brien, Vietnam War, American soldiers, war trauma, metafiction, storytelling, memory and truth, military fiction, modern American literature, postwar fiction, literary classics, twentieth-century American fiction, American Literature, Vietnam War Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Metafiction.

Hardcover. Collector's edition. Octavo, Six volumes. In Very Good minus condition, last volume in Fair plus condition. Spines are grey with gold print. Boards in grey cloth, gilt map; slight warping. Text block has gilt edges, tan moire endpapers, gold ribbon markers; last volume has annotation in ink on front and rear pages. CONTENTS: Dispatches / Michael Herr (260 pages) ? A Rumor of War / Philip Caputo (xix, 346 pages) ? Chickenhawk / Robert Mason (328 pages) ? We Were Soldiers Once ? and Young : Ia Drang, the Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam / Harold G, Moore, Joseph L. Galloway (xx, 412 pages) ? If I Die In a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home / Time O?Brien (199 pages) ? Platoon Leader / James R. McDonough (184 pages; notes in ink on title page, preliminary page, last pages) Shelved above case 9. 1407377. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.