Phoenix Book Club: "The Things They Carried"

The Phoenix Book Club, Phoenixville Public Library’s online book discussion group for adults of all ages, will meet on Zoom Monday, May 11 at 7:00 PM. The group will discuss Tim O’Brien’s award-winning novel, The Things They Carried.

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 work of Vietnam War fiction and a meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. In this landmark collection of stories, The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O’Brien, who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three.

Physical and audiobook copies of this title may be reserved at https://chesp.na.iiivega.com. Ebook and eAudiobook copies may be reserved at https://chester.overdrive.com. The public is invited to attend. If you are not already on the Book Club’s email list, registration is required at https://ccls.libcal.com/calendar/Phoenixville/phoenix-book-club or by calling 610-933-3013 x132 to receive the Zoom link. Email mpinto@ccls.org for more information.