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Regeneration Series

This trilogy delves into the brutal realities of World War I, examining the trauma and psychological scars left on soldiers. It follows characters navigating the harsh conditions of the war zone, confronting both physical and mental suffering. The series serves as a powerful meditation on human resilience in the face of unimaginable violence and loss. It offers a poignant look at the profound individual impact of large-scale conflict.

The Regeneration Trilogy
The Ghost Road
The Eye in the Door
Regeneration. Niemandsland, englische Ausgabe

Recommended Reading Order

  1. Regeneration. Niemandsland, englische Ausgabe

    • 256 pages
    • 9 hours of reading

    Craiglockhart War Hospital, Scotland, 1917, where army psychiatrist William Rivers is treating shell-shocked soldiers. Under his care are the poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, as well as mute Billy Prior, who is only able to communicate by means of pencil and paper. Rivers�s job is to make the men in his charge healthy enough to fight. Yet the closer he gets to mending his patients� minds the harder becomes every decision to send them back to the horrors of the front � Regeneration is the classic exploration of how the traumas of war brutalised a generation of young men. The first book in the Regeneration trilogy

    Regeneration. Niemandsland, englische Ausgabe1
    3.9

  2. The Eye in the Door

    • 288 pages
    • 11 hours of reading

    Barker's brilliant antiwar novel Regeneration was widely hailed as a masterpiece. Now she returns to the World War I era with another exceptional novel. As the war draws to its close, English patriotism strikes at pacifists, homosexuals and suffragists, threatening to destroy the very fabric of society.

    The Eye in the Door2
    4.0

  3. The Ghost Road

    • 288 pages
    • 11 hours of reading

    An alternate cover edition can be found here.As World War I winds to a close, two men--Dr. William Rivers, a psychologist whose dedicated healing sends men back to the brutal front, and Billy Prior, a shell-shocked soldier determined to rejoin the final English offensive--are profounded affected by the events of the era. Winner of the 1995 Booker Prize.

    The Ghost Road3
    4.1

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  • The Regeneration Trilogy

    • 608 pages
    • 22 hours of reading

    Including all three novels in one volume, "Regeneration", "The Eye in the Door" and "The Ghost Road". The trilogy explores with gritty realism the whole dirty, glorious and horrifying business of war.

    The Regeneration Trilogy
    4.3