Regeneration
by Pat Barker
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Author: Pat BarkerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1993-07-01
ISBN: 0452270073
Number of pages: 251
Publisher: Plume
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- ISBN13: 9780452270077
- Condition: New
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Book Review: "He told himself he was never going back, he was free, but the world 'free' rang hollow."
Summary: 4 Stars
Depicting the mental and physical atrocities that soldiers were forced to cope with during World War I, *Regeneration* by Pat Barker is an eye opener. Engrossing me completely, the novel depicted a side of World War I that I had never delved so deeply into. From my European History knowledge, I knew that it was the difficult emotional and physical reprecussions the soldiers had to deal with after the war that were pivotal reasons for igniting the anger that led to World War II. Seeing these traumas through the eyes of Dr. Rivers, I felt as thought I were right by his die, attempting to diagnose and perscribe a treatment to heel the trauamas each patient experienced.
Several intriguing quotes in the novel caught my eye, but none so much as the brilliant rebuke Prior makes towards Rivers,"When all this is over, people who didn't go to France, or didn't do well in France- people of my generation I mean- aren't going to count for anything. This is the Club to end all Clubs." Conveying one of the main themes of *Regeneration*, Prior highlights the fact that in battle soldiers feel a sense of love and brotherhood that cannot be replaced or surpassed by anything else, making them an exclusive "club". Especially since he has no empathy towards his own mother and father, it is fitting that Prior hold this type of comradeship in high esteem.
Beginning with immense promise, *Regeneration* had me enraptured, until Dr. Rivers' vacation, where I felt the book slowed down from the climax that it had built. Aside from these few chapters, the novel is brilliant and captivating, telling a story that I could see being produced on the big screen.
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