Photo: #Tim O'Brien, winner of the National Book Award for his novel "Going After Cacciato", is seen April 25, 1979.
Photo: #The cover of "The Things They Carried," by Tim O'Brien.
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Tim O'Brien, winner of the National Book Award for his novel "Going After Cacciato", is seen April 25, 1979. (David Pickoff/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Author Tim O'Brien

Broadcast: Midmorning, 05/21/2010, 10:06 a.m.

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Tim O'Brien pursues a truth in his fiction that is only somewhat based on what he experienced as a soldier in Vietnam. But the resonance of his work, particularly "The Things They Carried" has convinced people that the characters in his stories are drawn more precisely from life.

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