Tim O'Brien

Citations

• “They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief, terror, love, longing — these were intangibles, but the intangibles had their own mass and specific gravity, they had tangible weight.”

• “I would go to the war — I would kill and maybe die — because I was embarrassed not to. That was the sad thing. And so I sat in the bow of the boat and cried.”

• “Any soldier will tell you, if he tells the truth, that proximity to death brings with it a corresponding proximity to life. After a firefight, there is always the immense pleasure of aliveness.”

• “To generalize about war is like generalizing about peace. Almost everything is true. Almost nothing is true.”

Les livres de Tim O'Brien dans l'ordre

Les livres de Tim O'Brien dans l'ordre de parution, de If I Die in a Combat Zone Box Me up and Ship Me Home (1973) à Dad's Maybe Book (2019).

1. 1If I Die in a Combat Zone Box Me up and Ship Me HomeIf I Die in a Combat Zone Box Me up and Ship Me Home1973
2. 2Northern LightsNorthern Lights1975
3. 3A La Poursuite De CacciatoA La Poursuite De Cacciato1978
4. 4Ploughshares Winter 1978Ploughshares Winter 19781978
5. 5The Nuclear AgeThe Nuclear Age1985
6. 6A Propos De CourageA Propos De Courage1990
7. 7Light Years AgoLight Years Ago1992
8. 8Au lac des boisAu lac des bois1994
9. 9Matou AmoureuxMatou Amoureux1998
10. 10July, JulyJuly, July2002
11. 11Critical InsightsCritical Insights2015
12. 12Dad's Maybe BookDad's Maybe Book2019