Tim O'Brien: Bibliography
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<Tab/>Best known for his fictional portrayal of the Vietnam War, Tim O'Brien is an American novelist and short story writer who has been compared to Ernest Hemingway, Stephen Crane, and Joseph Heller. The novels that established his reputation, Going after Cacciato(1978) and The things They Carried(1990), explore the horrors of war in a style that is precise and unexpecting, yet unbelievably realistic.
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…the experience. O'Brien strives to perfect his vision and his expression of it, grasping for transcendent moral truths. I can easily say that O'Brien has had an enormous effect on my writing styles as I pursue my hopes of becoming a novelist. Tim O'Brien has been called "the best writer of his generation." His work will stand the test of time, and the archive of his manuscripts will be a literary milestone of our era.
…the experience. O'Brien strives to perfect his vision and his expression of it, grasping for transcendent moral truths. I can easily say that O'Brien has had an enormous effect on my writing styles as I pursue my hopes of becoming a novelist. Tim O'Brien has been called "the best writer of his generation." His work will stand the test of time, and the archive of his manuscripts will be a literary milestone of our era.
