Tuesday, October 11, 2011

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

The Fairfax Library Book Discussion Group will meet this Thursday, October 13th at 7 p.m. in the meeting room of the Fairfax Library to discuss our October book: The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien.

Here are some links for additional background and information:
Video of TV reporting of the Vietnam war Check out some of the other video links

Analysis of The Things They Carried

A discussion of meta-fiction in the book

Interesting paper about Urban Legends and Folklore in The Things They Carried

Video interview with Tim O’Brien: 20 Years Later

Good website with lots of links for more information about the history of the Vietnam war


Coming up, we have the following titles to look forward to reading:

Thursday, November 10th – The Optimist’s Daughter by Eudora Welty

Thursday, December 8th – The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan

Thursday, January 12th – The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester

Thursday, February 9th – Freedom by Jonathan Franzen

Thursday, March 8th – Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner


Thanks for reading with us. I look forward to seeing you at the Fairfax Library.

Beth Bailey-Gates
Friends of the Fairfax Library