Conversations with Tim O'Brien [electronic resource] / edited by Patrick A. Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, Patrick A.

Series:

Literary Conversations Series

Literary conversations series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, American--20th century--Interviews.

Authors, American.

O'Brien, Tim, 1946---Interviews.

O'Brien, Tim.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012.

Language Note:

English

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), a

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Chronology; Interview with Tim O'Brien; Tim O'Brien: "Maybe So"; An Interview with Tim O'Brien; Staying True to Vietnam: Writer Tim O'Brien Aims for the War's Nerve Center; An Interview with Tim O'Brien; Artful Dodge Interviews Tim O'Brien; Responsibly Inventing History: An Interview with Tim O'Brien; Tim O'Brien Interview; About Tim O'Brien: A Profile; The Heart under Stress: Interview with Author Tim O'Brien; Journeying from Life to Literature: An Interview with American Novelist Tim O'Brien; Tim O'Brien: An Interview

Tim O'Brien: Author of July, July Talks with Robert Birnbaum"Every question leads to the next": An Interview with Tim O'Brien; An Interview with Tim O'Brien; On War, Heroes, and the Power of Literature: A Conversation with Tim O'Brien; Key Resources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-283-85094-X

1-62103-916-1

OCLC:

823236111