The Ghost Road - Regeneration
The Ghost Road - Regeneration
Paperback
Published:
1 May, 2008
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Description
The Booker Prize-winning final novel in Pat Barker's classic 'Regeneration' trilogy - from the acclaimed author of The Silence of the Girls
'An extraordinary tour de force. One of the few real masterpieces of late twentieth-century British fiction' Jonathan Coe
'Powerful, deeply moving... A triumph' Sunday Times
'Harrowing, original, unforgettable' Independent
1918, the closing months of the war. Army psychiatrist William Rivers is increasingly concerned for the men who have been in his care - particularly Billy Prior, who is about to return to combat in France with young poet Wilfred Owen. As Rivers tries to make sense of what, if anything, he has done to help these injured men, Prior and Owen await the final battles in a war that has decimated a generation. The Ghost Road is a vivid and unforgettable account of the devastating final months of the First World War.
The Regeneration Trilogy:
Regeneration
The Eye in the Door
The Ghost Road
Prizes
Short-listed for Best of the Booker 2008
More Details
Type | Book |
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ISBN | 9780141030951 |
Number Of Pages | 272 |
Item Weight | 191 g |
Product Dimensions | 129 x 198 x 17 mm |
Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
Format | Paperback |
Media Reviews
An extraordinary tour de force. I'm convinced that the trilogy will win recognition as one of the few real masterpieces of late 20th-century British fiction Jonathan Coe
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Authors Bio
Pat Barker was born in Yorkshire and began her literary career in her forties, when she took a short writing course taught by Angela Carter. She has published sixteen novels, including her masterful Regeneration Trilogy which includes the Booker Prize-winning The Ghost Road. The Silence of the Girls was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and won an Independent Bookshop Award 2019. The Women of Troy was a number one Sunday Times bestseller. The Voyage Home continues the series.