Tobys Room
The action soon moves forward to ; Toby is at the front, and Elinor is working as an up-and-coming artist in London, and has become an intimate of the Bloomsbury set.
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One weekend, while visiting her mother at her childhood home in rural Sussex, the dreaded telegraph boy arrives with the devastating news that Toby is missing, believed dead. She knows that Kit Neville, her Slade friend, was serving with Toby, but she receives no response when she writes to him for further information. Harold Gillies is attempting to work miracles on men like Kit, who fear they will never be able to resume a normal life or be loved again.
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In a way, this is about those left behind; the army of civilians whose job it was to wait and hope, living their lives separate from but yet completely intertwined with the mud and gore of the booming front that for many in the South of England was often within hearing distance. Instead, she writes fluidly, evocatively, simply, letting her story take the lead.
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She gives the reader the opportunity to learn something new about a period that often feels overdone, and raises questions about the role of women and the role of art in war. It is a sequel to another Barker novel, Life Class , but it stands alone perfectly well, and has left me eager to learn more about the work of Harold Gillies and Henry Tonks.
Thanks very much to Lija at Penguin for sending me this to review; your kindness is greatly appreciated, as always! Pat Barker is an author I always mean to read more of. Your review is great — it gives a real sense of the book and the style of writing.
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Oh yes Col, it definitely works alone. Life Class was pretty badly reviewed actually so you might be better off just skipping it! That is a thoughtful analysis invoking sufficient interest in the book. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email.
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Post was not sent - check your email addresses! This indelible portrait of a family torn apart by war focuses on Toby Brooke, a medical student, and his younger sister Elinor. Enmeshed in a web of complicated family relationships, Elinor and Toby are close: But when World War I begins, Toby is posted to the front as a medical officer while Elinor stays in London to continue her fine art studies at the Slade, under the tutelage of Professor Henry Tonks.
There, in a startling development based in actual fact, Elinor finds that her drafting skills are deployed to aid in the literal reconstruction of those maimed in combat. One day in , Elinor has a sudden premonition that Toby will not return from France. However, there is no body, and Elinor refuses to accept the official explanation. Barker has written extensively about the Great War.
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The precision of Ms. And it succeeds brilliantly.
For Barker, the wounded faces of the soldier-victims are realities, and also emblems of what must never be forgotten or evaded about war, and must continue—in her plain, steady, compelling voice—to be turned into art. Her mixture of sensitivity and bluntness made her Regeneration trilogy of the s a remarkable work.