The Things They Carried Healing begin with the everyday and

begin with the everyday and end in the infinite

Named one of the best books of 2017 by The Los Angeles Times

'Mark on the Wall'

following the Titanic librarian who opens a bookshop in Paris where he meets a secret society of survivors

The Things They Carried Healing begin with the everyday and"O'Brien has written a vital, important book a book that matters not only to the reader interested in Vietnam, but to anyone interested in the craft of writing as well." Michiko Kakutani, New York Times A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling.