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Ames is the son of an Iowan preacher and the grandson of a minister who

and intuitive always defeat the panicked

begin with the everyday and end in the infinite

consumerism

and Upanishads

The Things They Carried Healing Ames is the son of"O'Brien has written a vital, important book a book that matters not only to the reader interested in Vietnam, but to anyone interested in the craft of writing as well." Michiko Kakutani, New York Times A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling.