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The Ghost Road
RRP: £7.99 Our Price: £2.20 (subject to change) Editorial Synopsis 1918, the closing months of the war. Army psychiatrist William Rivers is increasingly concerned for the men who have been in his care - particularly Billy Prior, who is about to return to combat in France with young poet Wilfred Owen. As Rivers tries to make sense of what, if anything, he has done to help these injured men, Prior and Owen await the final battles in a war that has decimated a generation. "The Ghost Road" is the Booker Prize winning account of the devastating final months of the First World War. This is the third book in the "Regeneration" trilogy. ReviewsRaises Disturbing Questions about the Nature of Humanity Review date: 2008-05-28 Rating: 10 out of 10 Please do not read The Ghost Road before reading Regeneration and The Eye in the Door (the order intended by the author). As brilliant as The Ghost Road is, its message will hit you harder if you have read the other books first and anticipated what Pat Barker's final vision of humanity would be. Without revealing any spoilers, The Ghost Road is the most nuanced novel about war that I've ever read. Most war-related books take one of two basic themes: Either war is too awful to be tolerated and needs to be abolished . . . or human nobility is expressed within war, but war itself is an evil event with people being destroyed by incompetent leaders. You'll find a different message here, one implied by a combination of observations about a tribe of head hunters and by the behavior of Billy Prior, one of the primary characters in the three books. I leave it to you to find out what this nuanced message is . . . but I believe it will probably surprise and enlighten you. By narrowing down the focus onto just two of the continuing characters of the trilogy, Dr. William Rivers and Lieutenant Billy Prior, The Ghost Road has an intensity and power that I didn't observe in the prior two books. Clearly, The Ghost Road is a step above those excellent novels. I am often left wondering why books that win prestigious prizes (like the 1995 Booker Prize . . . awarded to The Ghost Road) did so. I have no doubt that this award was well earned. Life can be an ironic event, punctuated by moments of sublime joy. I have seldom read a novel that captured those perspectives as well as The Ghost Road does. Brava, Ms. Barker! more war Review date: 2008-05-26 Rating: 6 out of 10 Once again, a meaningful book by Barker. The relative meanings of death are examined through the experiences of Prior the raving bisexual at war and his psychiatrist in his previous life as an anthropologist amongst head hunters. Again, Barker offers us the questionable opportunity to read about gay sex, this time awaiting us late in the book, when we've finally got to grips with its meaning. This rather spoiled it for me. Sorry. A good Introduction Review date: 2008-05-14 Rating: 8 out of 10 I came across this book when it was recommended in my book group, noticed it was one of three books and picked up a copy of the trilogy which I read straight through. It is an extremely readable series of books in which the language flows very well and the story is all the more poignant for this. It's very difficult to form one point of view about the first world war from these books. Initially I experienced sympathy for Sassoon's anti-war protest and shock upon reading about Captain River's other patients. The beauty of Pat Barker's writing is that she expresses very complex issues well - the futility of this war, the hopelessness of those caught up in it, protest, patriotism, heroism and self-discovery. The Eye in the Door is a little odd in comparisson to the other two books in that Billy Prior's story becomes disconcerting to say the least. Sassoon's and Prior's ultimate actions in going back to war are understood in the context of their compassion for others. The Ghost Road reaches an emotional and despairing conclusion but gives enrichment and hope from the detailed descriptions of Prior's last journey to the front line. Captain River's story is also compelling and adds another complex dimension about imperialism. fantastic Review date: 2007-04-26 Rating: 10 out of 10 I was much younger than I am now when i first asked my mother to buy me 'The Ghost Road' I was 15/16 and in high school, we had read a passage out of the book in English class, and i was hooked!! ive only read the 3rd book from the trilogy but i do intened to keep a close eye out for the others. since i have read the ghost road i have never found another book as good as this one. I would recommend this book 1 million times over for anyone that loves history and books as much as i do. Product Details/SpecificationsAuthors: Pat Barker Recording label: Penguin Books Ltd Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd EAN: 9780141030951 Binding: Paperback ISBN: 014103095X Number of pages: 288 Publication date: 2008-05-01 Language: French (Unknown) Language: English (Original Language) Similar ProductsJoin Our Mailing ListJoin our newsletter and you will be informed when this site is fully operational, the you won't have to keep checking back. Enter your email address and press send |
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