| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 210 pages) |
| Series |
Literary conversations series |
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Literary conversations series.
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| Contents |
Interview with Tim O'Brien / Larry McCaffery -- Tim O'Brien: "Maybe so" / Eric James Schroeder -- An interview with Tim O'Brien / Martin Naparsteck -- Staying true to Vietnam: writer Tim O'Brien aims for the war's nerve center / Gail Caldwell -- An interview with Tim O'Brien / Steven Kaplan -- Artful Dodge interviews Tim O'Brien / Daniel Bourne, Debra Shostak -- Responsibly inventing history: an interview with Tim O'Brien / Brian C. McNerney -- Tim O'Brien interview / Tobey C. Herzog -- About Tim O'Brien: a profile / Don Lee -- The heart under stress: interview with author Tim O'Brien / James Lindbloom -- Journeying from life to literature: an interview with American novelist Tim O'Brien / Lynn Wharton -- Tim O'Brien: an interview / Anthony Tambakis -- Tim O'Brien: author of July, July talks with Robert Birnbaum / Robert Birnbaum -- "Every question leads to the next": an interview with Tim O'Brien / Jonathan D'Amore -- An interview with Tim O'Brien / Steven Pressfield -- On war, heroes, and the power of literature: a conversation with Tim O'Brien / Patrick A. Smith |
| Summary |
On the strength of a National Book Award for his novel Going After Cacciato (1978) and a widely acclaimed short-story cycle, The Things They Carried (1990), 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. In addition to detailed discussions of all of O'Brien's work--a memoir, If I Die in a Combat Zone (1973), and seven books of fiction--the sixteen |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed Dec. 11, 2012) |
| Subject |
O'Brien, Tim, 1946- -- Interviews
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| SUBJECT |
O'Brien, Tim, 1946- fast |
| Subject |
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Interviews
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- American -- General.
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Authors, American
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| Genre/Form |
Interviews
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012016381 |
| ISBN |
9781621039167 |
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1621039161 |
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128385094X |
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9781283850940 |
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9781617036798 |
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161703679X |
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