Tim O'Brien · 1990
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“It was like the whole book was an animation of the things they carry because – That's a book on Vietnam by, I think – is it Tim O'Brien? It's by Tim O'Brien. The things they carry.”
Why: It captures the lived reality and sorrow of individuals in war extending beyond just being soldiers.
Dwayne Betts, Guest on EconTalkDwayne Betts on the Iliad 7/20/26
Named without an opinion attached.
“I just read a biography of Tim O'Brien, the author of The Things They Carried, who is probably that story, The Things They Carried, is the most anthologized, reprinted story…”
David Wyatt, Guest on EconTalkHemingway, Love, and War (with David Wyatt)
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The Iliad
Homer
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Errata
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Discussed together in: Dwayne Betts on the Iliad 7/20/26 (EconTalk)
If This Is a Man
Primo Levi
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How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life
Russ Roberts
Discussed together in: Dwayne Betts on the Iliad 7/20/26 (EconTalk)
A Movable Feast
Ernest Hemingway
Discussed together in: Hemingway, Love, and War (with David Wyatt) (EconTalk)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway
Discussed together in: Hemingway, Love, and War (with David Wyatt) (EconTalk)
Green Hills of Africa
Ernest Hemingway
Discussed together in: Hemingway, Love, and War (with David Wyatt) (EconTalk)
The Garden of Eden
Ernest Hemingway
Discussed together in: Hemingway, Love, and War (with David Wyatt) (EconTalk)