Regeneration (novel)
For the 1997 film adaptation of the novel see Regeneration (1997 film).
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| Author(s) | Pat Barker |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | War novel |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
| Publication date | 30 May 1991 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 288 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-670-82876-9 (first edition, hardback) |
| OCLC Number | 27011391 |
| Dewey Decimal | 823/.914 20 |
| LC Classification | PR6052.A6488 R4 1991 |
| Preceded by | The Man Who Wasn't There |
| Followed by | The Eye in the Door |
Regeneration is a prize-winning novel by Pat Barker, first published in 1991. The novel was a Booker Prize nominee and was described by the New York Times Book Review as one of the four best novels of the year in its year of publication. It is the first of three novels in the Regeneration Trilogy of novels on the First World War, the other two being The Eye in the Door and The Ghost Road, which won the Booker Prize in 1995. The novel is loosely based on the history of psychology and the real-life experiences of British army officers being treated for shell shock during World War I at Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburgh.
Barker attributes the immediate inspiration for Regeneration to her husband, a neurologist familiar with the writings of Dr. W.H.R. Rivers and his experiments with nerve regeneration.
Read more about Regeneration (novel): Characters, Freud in Regeneration, Allusions/References To Other Works, Pat Barker's Views, Further Reading