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Regeneration

Regeneration

Historical FictionLiterary Fiction
Pages
477
Published
1991
Language
English

Synopsis

Set in 1917 at Craiglockhart War Hospital, the story follows psychiatrist W.H.R. Rivers as he treats officers suffering from shell shock. Among his patients are the poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, who struggle with the conflict between their duty to their country and their horror at the realities of the trenches. This novel examines the psychological toll of war and the ethical dilemmas faced by those tasked with repairing broken men to send them back to the front.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

ReflectiveMelancholicTenseIntellectual
Mentor FigureMorally Grey

Genres

Historical Fiction Literary Fiction World War I

About the author

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Pat Barker

Patricia Mary W. Barker (née Drake; born 8 May 1943) is an English writer and novelist. She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres on themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery. She is known for her Regeneration Trilogy, published in the 1990s, and for a series of books set during the Trojan War, starting with The Silence of the Girls.