The Things They Carried / In The Lake Of The Woods

The Things They Carried / In The Lake Of The Woods

?Tim O?Brien is the best American writer of his generation.? -San Francisco ExaminerWith more than two million copies in print,The Things They Carried is a classic work of American literature that has been changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene. It is a groundbreaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling.In the Lake of the Woods is an unforgettable novel of love and mystery. When long-hidden secrets about his past come to light, John Wade-a Vietnam veteran and recent candidate for the U.S. Senate-retreats with his wife to a cabin in northern Minnesota. She mysteriously vanishes and several explanations, all of them disturbing, rise to the surface.From the Back CoverTim O Brien is the best American writer of his generation.San Francisco ExaminerWith more than two million copies in print,The Things They Carried is a classic work of American literature that has been changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene. It is a groundbreaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling.In the Lake of the Woods is an unforgettable novel of love and mystery. When long-hidden secrets about his past come to light, John Wade a Vietnam veteran and recent candidate for the U.S. Senate retreats with his wife to a cabin in northern Minnesota. She mysteriously vanishes and several explanations, all of them disturbing, rise to the surface.TIM O BRIEN received the 1979 National Book Award forGoing After Cacciato. Among his other books areTomcat in Love,If I Die in a Combat Zone, andJuly, July."About the AuthorTIM O?BRIEN received the 1979 National Book Award for Going After Cacciato. Among his other books are The Things They Carried, Pulitzer Finalist and a New York Times Book of