The Things They Carried
Alpha Company humps through Vietnam carrying rifles, letters, and guilt. O'Brien's linked 1990 collection asks what a true war story really tells.
2,877-word summary · 13 min read
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
A son writes to the mother who cannot read him: war, migration, first love, and loss in one Vietnamese American family in Hartford.
3,113-word summary · 14 min read