Tim O'Brien Interview

This is a really interesting video of a PBS interview with Tim O'Brien where he talks about some of the motivation behind writing the book the way he did and what he meant to accomplish with it. He says:

"I wanted to write a work of fiction that would feel to the reader as if this had occurred or, in a way, is occurring as I read it. And, so, I would use every strategy I could think of, invention, and dialogue, and using my own name, dedicating the book to the characters, as a way of giving a reader a sense of witnessed experience." (PBS Interview)

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/video/blog/2010/04/author_tim_obrien_recalls_viet.html

Definitely watch if you get a chance!