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Regeneration
by Pat Barker
A quiet, deceptive look at WWI, based on real-life persons and their lives during it. Starring the famous psychiatrist William Rivers and his most famous patient, the poet Siegfried Sassoon, who is best known for his satirical antiwar poetry, the book examines their time together in a hospital, as well as a look at many other patients. It's written quiet deceptively, with a quiet, gray sheen over the entire thing. You don't fully realize how devastating the book is until you reach the end and have time to reflect about what you've learned. This is tragedy at its finest.
I have absolutely no knowledge of WWI, but I was still able to read this book, and I learned a lot too. It's part of a trilogy, the last of which won a Booker prize, and I am quite looking forward to reading the two others in the series.
I have absolutely no knowledge of WWI, but I was still able to read this book, and I learned a lot too. It's part of a trilogy, the last of which won a Booker prize, and I am quite looking forward to reading the two others in the series.