The Eye in the Door - Hardcover

Barker, Pat

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525938087 ISBN 13: 9780525938088

Publisher: Dutton Adult, 1994

Synopsis

Characters from Regeneration return in a tale set after World War I, as Britain undergoes a period of repression and psychiatrist Dr. William Rivers, poet Siegfried Sassoon, and Lieutenant Billy Prior cope with the war's aftermath. 15,000 first printing. $15,000 ad/promo.

About this title

Review:

The Eye in the Door is the second installation of Pat Barker's acclaimed and haunting historical fiction trilogy about British soldiers traumatized by World War I trench warfare and the methods used by psychiatrist William Rivers to treat them. As with the other two, the book was recognized with awards, winning the 1993 Guardian Fiction Prize. Here, Lieutenant Billy Prior is tormented by figuring out which side of several coins does he live -- coward or hero, crazy or sane, homosexual or heterosexual, upper class or lower. He represents the upheaval in Britain during the war and the severe trauma felt by its soldiers. The writing is sparse yet multilayered; Barker uses the lives of a few to capture an entire society during a tumultuous period.

About the Author:

Pat Barker was born in Thornaby-on-Tees in 1943. She was educated at the London School of Economics and has been a teacher of history and politics. Her books include the highly acclaimed Regeneration trilogy, comprising Regeneration, The Eye in The Door, winner of the 1993 Guardian Fiction Prize, and The Ghost Road, winner of the 1995 Booker Prize for Fiction. Pat Barker is married and lives in Durham.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Adult
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0525938087
• ISBN 13: 9780525938088
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288