O'brien, Tim (1946—)
Best known for his fictional portrayal of the Vietnam War, Tim O'Brien is an American novelist and short story writer who has been compared to Ernest Hemingwa...
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Biography EssayTim O'Brien, a contemporary American novelist and short-story writer of immense imaginative power and range, freely admits that the Vietnam War was the dark, jarring experience that mad...
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Tim O'Brien, a contemporary American novelist and short-story writer of immense imaginative power and range, freely admits that the Vietnam War was the dark, jarring experience that made him a writer....
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In the essay below, Bonn discusses the significance of O'Brien 's persistent concerns about the relationship between fiction and experience throughout his writing career, highlighting &#...
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Below, Paley offers a mixed review of The Nuclear Age, faulting O'Brien's characterizations but praising his choice of "disparate and essential themes."
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In the following interview, originally conducted on April 20, 1989, O'Brien talks about his literary influences, characters and thematic concerns, and the relationships between memory, imaginat...
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In the following essay, Calloway contrasts different versions of the same events and characters represented in O'Brien's fiction in terms of the author's concern with the "...
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In the essay below, Wilhelm observes a difference in use of allusions to the ballads "Billy Boy" and "Lord Randal" in O'Brien's short story and the version th...
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In the following essay, Kaplan contends that in The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien “emphasizes the magical powers of storytelling,” incorporating both factual writing and memoir...
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In the following essay, Vernon considers Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried in relation to John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, viewing the former “as a mechanis...
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Dear Tim O'Brien,
I know the war has been hard on you. I remember 20 years back when you first were drafted. Life was at its peak for you, and everything was going well. Until the one day you rece...
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To the Editor:
One would hope that even public figures would be accorded fair and accurate treatment by The Observer. This is clearly not the case. Your Dec. 18, 2006, article entitled “The ...
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Reviewing Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men in today's New York Times, reviewer Michiko Kakutani laments that the novel's "lugubrious passages...gain ascendency as the book progresses."
And...
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Computer technicians would be obligated to report child abuse just like doctors, teachers and others who work closely with children, under measures being considered by lawmakers in two states.At le...
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It could soon be last call for commuters who enjoy a couple of beers on their trip to or from New York City if one official gets his way.Metropolitan Transportation Authority board member Mitch Pal...
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Computer technicians would be obligated to report child abuse just like doctors, teachers and others who work closely with children, under measures being considered by lawmakers in two states.At le...
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Should Christopher Hitchens win a National Book Award, you can be sure he won't thank any higher powers.The author, columnist and commentator was nominated for "God Is Not Great," a polemic with a ...
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San Jose, California (dpa) - As they waited Wednesday at the
checkout lines in the American shopping mecca of a Costco discount
warehouse, customers Tim O'Brien and Katherin...
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O'brien, Tim (1946—)
Tim O' Brien
(William) Tim(othy) O'Brien
Critical Essay by Maria S. Bonn
A Letter to Tim O' Brien
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