# Northern Lights - Paperback

by **Tim O'Brien** (Author)

**A CLASSIC FROM THE _NEW YORK TIMES_ BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF _THE THINGS THEY CARRIED  
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Originally published in 1975, Tim O'Brien's debut novel demonstrates the emotional complexity and enthralling narrative tension that later earned him the National Book Award. At its core is the relationship between two brothers: one who went to Vietnam and one who stayed at home. As the two brothers struggle against an unexpected blizzard in Minnesota's remote north woods, what they discover about themselves and each other will change both of them for ever.

### Front Jacket

Originally published in 1975, Tim O'Brien's debut novel demonstrates the emotional complexity and enthralling narrative tension that later earned him the National Book Award. At its core is the relationship between two brothers: one who went to Vietnam and one who stayed at home. As the two brothers struggle against an unexpected blizzard in Minnesota's remote north woods, what they discover about themselves and each other will change both of them for ever.

### Author Biography

**TIM O'BRIEN** received the 1979 National Book Award in fiction for _Going After Cacciato_. His other works include the Pulitzer finalist and a _New York Times_ Book of the Century, _The Things They Carried_; the acclaimed novels _Tomcat in Love_ and _Northern Lights_; and the national bestselling memoir _If I Die in a Combat Zone_. His novel _In the Lake of the Woods_ received the James Fenimore Cooper Prize from the Society of American Historians and was named the best novel of 1994 by _Time_. In 2010 he received the Katherine Anne Porter Award for a distinguished lifetime body of work and in 2012 he received the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award from the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation. He was awarded the Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing in 2013.

**Number of Pages:** 372

**Dimensions:** 1.04 x 7.96 x 5.28 IN

**Publication Date:** September 01, 1999

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Northern Lights

**Interest Level:** Upper Grades, 9-12

**Reading Level:** 4.1

**Point Value:** 15

## Details

- **Price:** 19.0 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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