The Things they carried / Tim O’Brien ; interviewed by Bob Young.

Tim O’Brien, author of “The Things They Carried,” discusses his novel about the Vietnam War. He answers questions about the book and reads selections. He addresses such issues as: the fear of being a coward as a rationale for going to war; the emotions, particularly the place of love and absolute death; how emotions shape the personal experience of Vietnam; and a Vietnam veterans relationship to the experience. O’Brien also talks about the act of storytelling, and how fiction and truth overlap in his works.|THE THINGS THEY CARRIED / Tim O’Brien| interviewed by Bob Young. – Tim O’Brien, author of “The Things They Carried,” discusses his novel about the Vietnam War. He answers questions about the book and reads selections. He addresses such issues as: the fear of being a coward as a rationale for going to war| the emotions, particularly the place of love and absolute death| how emotions shape the personal experience of Vietnam| and a Vietnam veterans relationship to the experience. O’Brien also talks about the act of storytelling, and how fiction and truth overlap in his works. – RECORDED: 26 Apr. 1991. BROADCAST: KPFK, 29 Apr. 1991.