Nov 21, 2003 By: yunews
Nov 21, 2003 -- 黑料社 200 YU students, faculty, and guests packed Gloria and Jesse Weissberg Commons in Belfer Hall on Nov. 19 to hear author Tim O鈥橞rien speak as part of Yeshiva College鈥檚 2003 Book Project.
In hopes of putting world events into historical perspective for students, Mr. O鈥橞rien鈥檚 book The Things They Carried was chosen by the Book Project committee to highlight this year鈥檚 theme, 鈥淗ow to Tell a True War Story: War, Memory, and the Individual.鈥
Mr. O鈥橞rien, who wore jeans, sneakers, and a baseball cap, spoke for a little more than one hour about the book, his writing, his military experience in Vietnam, and his childhood in Minnesota.
鈥淎 story can make us feel the homicides of war,鈥 he said. 鈥淎 story can give a human face to all the children, soldiers, and grieving widows who are just statistics in history books. A story is carried in the heart.鈥
After the discussion, Mr. O鈥橞rien took questions about his novels and writing style and autographed copies of his book.
鈥淗e鈥檚 a master storyteller,鈥 said Daniel Bloom, a first-year student at Rabbi Issac Elchanan Theological Seminary and Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies. 鈥淗is stories really know how to get at the truth.鈥
