In a World War I British military hospital, a pacifist soldier and his doctor grapple with the outrage of war. By the author of Union Street. Reprint.
Régénération Séries
Cette trilogie plonge dans les réalités brutales de la Première Guerre Mondiale, examinant le traumatisme et les cicatrices psychologiques laissées sur les soldats. Elle suit des personnages naviguant dans les conditions difficiles de la zone de guerre, confrontés à la souffrance physique et mentale. La série est une méditation puissante sur la résilience humaine face à une violence et des pertes inimaginables. Elle offre un regard poignant sur l'impact individuel profond du conflit à grande échelle.
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- 288pages
- 11 heures de lecture
Barker's brilliant antiwar novel Regeneration was widely hailed as a masterpiece. Now she returns to the World War I era with another exceptional novel. As the war draws to its close, English patriotism strikes at pacifists, homosexuals and suffragists, threatening to destroy the very fabric of society.
The Ghost Road
- 288pages
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An alternate cover edition can be found here.As World War I winds to a close, two men--Dr. William Rivers, a psychologist whose dedicated healing sends men back to the brutal front, and Billy Prior, a shell-shocked soldier determined to rejoin the final English offensive--are profounded affected by the events of the era. Winner of the 1995 Booker Prize.
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Including all three novels in one volume, "Regeneration", "The Eye in the Door" and "The Ghost Road". The trilogy explores with gritty realism the whole dirty, glorious and horrifying business of war.