by Pat Barker · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141035055
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«Regeneration» is Pat Barker's historical fiction novel, published by Penguin in paperback (256 pages, in English).
In a Scottish military hospital during World War I, Doctor Rivers treats officer Siegfried Sassoon, sent there for declaring that the war is being prolonged without reason. Among the patients are the poet Wilfred Owen and an officer who has lost his speech. The novel addresses psychological trauma, masculinity and patriotism.
Novel originally published in 1991 and first installment of the Regeneration trilogy, followed by The Eye in the Door and The Ghost Road.
For readers of historical fiction and war narrative interested in the psychological effects of World War I.
Dame Patricia Mary W. Barker, 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, more recently, a series of books set during the Trojan War, starting with The Silence of the Girls in 2018.
