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Regeneration by Pat Barker (1993 ed.)

Regeneration is a gripping historical novel set during World War I at Scotland’s Craiglockhart War Hospital, where British officers are treated for “shell shock” under the care of psychiatrist Dr. W. H. R. Rivers.  The story begins with the poet-soldier Siegfried Sassoon, who has publicly denounced the senseless slaughter of war and is sent to the hospital rather than court-martialed.

At Craiglockhart, Rivers treats real and fictional characters alike, including war poets Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, and Billy Prior, a young officer struggling to reconcile his traumatic experiences, class conflicts, and regressive notions of masculinity.

Barker’s spare, haunting prose examines the psychological scars of conflict, the moral tension between healing and duty, and the human cost of trauma. ✨ Winner of critical acclaim and shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Regeneration remains a powerful, unflinching exploration of war’s impact on the mind and spirit.

Copyright: Originally published in 1991. This paperback was published by Plume in 1993 with cover art including “Author of THE EYE IN THE DOOR and THE GHOST ROAD”, “Winner of the BOOKER PRIZE”, and “An eloquent novel . . . extends the boundaries of antiwar fiction.”

Condition: Okay. Vintage. Ex Libris.

ISBN-10: 0452270073

ISBN-13: 9780452270077

Dewey Decimal:823.914