Regeneration
By: Pat Barker.
Publisher: Viking
Published: 1991
Place of publication: London; New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967 -- Fiction.; Rivers, W. H. R. 1864-1922 -- Fiction.; Anthropologists -- Fiction.; Poets -- Fiction.; War neuroses -- Fiction.; Soldiers -- Fiction.; World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- Fiction.; Great Britain -- Fiction.
Description: When Dr William Rivers treats a patient at a mental hospital who has spoken out against World War I, the relationship that develops between them makes them debate the logic of their respective positions. Thus the doctor questions the sanity of the war and his duty - to return his patients to it.