Regeneration - SIGNED

Barker,Pat

ISBN 10: 0670828769 / ISBN 13: 9780670828760

Published by Viking, 1991

About this Item

1st edition, 1st printing hardback in unclipped dustjacket. Signed by the author on the title page with no other inscriptions. Book in near fine condition, jacket with a bit of wear. Not a book club edition, ex library or a remainder. I am happy to supply scans. Seller Inventory # ABE-1663607224623

Bibliographic Details

Title: Regeneration - SIGNED

Publisher: Viking

Publication Date: 1991

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

In its portrayal of a group of men trying to come to terms with the intolerable, and of the doctor on whom they all come to depend, the author raises timeless questions about class, gender, sanity and war. The author also wrote "Union Street" and "Blow Your House Down".

Review:

Regeneration, one in Pat Barker's series of novels confronting the psychological effects of World War I, focuses on treatment methods during the war and the story of a decorated English officer sent to a military hospital after publicly declaring he will no longer fight. Yet the novel is much more. Written in sparse prose that is shockingly clear -- the descriptions of electronic treatments are particularly harrowing -- it combines real-life characters and events with fictional ones in a work that examines the insanity of war like no other. Barker also weaves in issues of class and politics in this compactly powerful book. Other books in the series include The Eye in the Door and the Booker Award winner The Ghost Road.