Regeneration (1991) is a novel by Pat Barker. It fictionalises the real-life encounter between army psychologist W.H.R. Rivers and Siegfried Sassoon. Other real life characters, notably poet Wilfred Owen, are part of the narrative.
Pacifism, class, psychology, anthropology or the effect of the Great War on ordinary people are all elements of this important novel.
This novel is the first of the Regeneration Trilogy together with The Eye in the Door and The Ghost Road.
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