The Regeneration TrilogyA trilogy of novels set during World War I which mingle real and fictional characters. The Ghost Road won the 1995 Booker Prize. |
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Page 94
Back in the dugout he watched people's lips move and was filled with admiration
for them. There was a sense of joy in watching them, of elation almost. How
complex those movements were, how amazing the glimpses of teeth and tongue,
the ...
Back in the dugout he watched people's lips move and was filled with admiration
for them. There was a sense of joy in watching them, of elation almost. How
complex those movements were, how amazing the glimpses of teeth and tongue,
the ...
Page 342
The dissecting-room in the dream had not been the room at the Anatomical
Institute where he'd watched Head at work that morning, but the anatomy theatre
at Bart's, where he had trained. The whole emotional impression left by the
dream ...
The dissecting-room in the dream had not been the room at the Anatomical
Institute where he'd watched Head at work that morning, but the anatomy theatre
at Bart's, where he had trained. The whole emotional impression left by the
dream ...
Page 524
Rivers watched the movement of muscles in the back ahead of him, as they toiled
and sweated up the slope. Before them was a massive rock-wall with a cave set
into it, like a dark mouth. They slipped and slithered up towards it, sending ...
Rivers watched the movement of muscles in the back ahead of him, as they toiled
and sweated up the slope. Before them was a massive rock-wall with a cave set
into it, like a dark mouth. They slipped and slithered up towards it, sending ...
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User Review - bevok - LibraryThingRegeneration The forthcoming anniversary of the Great War should provide some motivation for readers to revisit, or discover this trilogy from the nineties. Acclaimed at the time (topped off by a ... Read full review
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User Review - idiotgirl - LibraryThingAudible. Three books on World War 1. Based on true story that includes Siegried Sasoon and Wilfred Owen (both poets) and Dr. Rivers (a doctor treating the soldiers for 'shell shock' who believes in ... Read full review
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