The Things They Carried is a collection of related stories about a platoon of American soldiers in the Vietnam War. It was originally published in hardcover in 1990. While apparently based on some of O'Brien's own experiences, the title page refers to the book as "a work of fiction."
[I’ll never die.] I’m skimming across the surface of my own history, moving fast, riding the melt beneath the blades, doing loops and spins, and when I take a high leap into the dark and come down thirty years later, I realize it is as Tim trying to save Timmy’s life with a story.
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