Regeneration Trilogy: Regeneration (Series #1) (Paperback)

from startingover

The first book in the trilogy. In 1917, Siegfriend Sassoon, having issued a public declaration against the continuance of the war, is persuaded to attend a Medical Board, and finds himself in a military hospital, Craiglockhart, where his doctor, Rivers, learns much from Sassoon's case, about the ...

from lycomayflower

The novel follows Siegfried Sassoon during his stay in Craiglockhart War Hospital after an ill-timed war protest labelled him "shell-shocked." A number of the other characters (his doctor, Rivers, and fellow patient Wilfred Owen, among others) are based on real people as well. We see a number of ...

from startingover

The first book in the trilogy. In 1917, Siegfriend Sassoon, having issued a public declaration against the continuance of the war, is persuaded to attend a Medical Board, and finds himself in a military hospital, Craiglockhart, where his doctor, Rivers, learns much from Sassoon's case, about the ...

from DeltaQueen50

Regeneration by Pat Barker is a wonderful example of both a work of historical fiction and an anti-war piece. It is the first book in the Regeneration trilogy about the First World War. I found this understated simple story very moving as it explored the minds of men that were caught up in the ma...

from labfs39

Normally a cure implies that the patient will no longer engage in behaviour that is clearly self-destructive. But in present circumstances, recovery meant the resumption of activities that were not merely self-destructive but positively suicidal. Such are the conclusions of Dr. Rivers, a psychiat...