{"product_id":"conversations-with-tim-obrien-paperback-softback-9781496846488","title":"Conversations with Tim O'Brien (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496846488","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eConversations with Tim O'Brien\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePatrick A. Smith (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496846488\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 June 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e236 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.158 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOn the strength of a National Book Award for his novel \u003ci\u003eGoing After Cacciato\u003c\/i\u003e and a widely acclaimed short-story cycle, \u003ci\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/i\u003e, Tim O’Brien (b. 1946) cemented his reputation as one of the most compelling chroniclers of Vietnam—and, in the process, was cast as a \"Vietnam writer.\" But to confine O’Brien to a single piece of ground or a particular style is to ignore the broad sweep of a career spanning nearly four decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In addition to detailed discussions of all of O’Brien’s work—a memoir, \u003ci\u003eIf I Die in a Combat Zone\u003c\/i\u003e, and seven books of fiction—the sixteen interviews and profiles in \u003ci\u003eConversations with Tim O’Brien\u003c\/i\u003e explore common themes, with subtle differences. Looming large is the experience of Vietnam and its influence as well as O’Brien’s youth in Minnesota and the expectations of a midwestern upbringing. Interviews allowed the writer to fully examine the shifting boundaries of truth and identity, memory, and imagination in fiction; the role of war in society; gender issues; and the craft of writing. O’Brien approaches each of these topics and a host of others with a directness and an evident passion that will resonate with both readers and prospective writers.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52600618647832,"sku":"9781496846488","price":18.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/conversations-with-tim-obrien-paperback-softback-9781496846488","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}