Life class / Pat Barker.
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : Doubleday, c2008Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: 311 pages : illustration (black and white) ; 8 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume ISBN: 9780385524353 [hardbound]Subject(s): World war, 1914-1918 -- Hospitals -- Fiction | World war,1914-1918 -- Psychological aspects -- Fiction | Human figure in art -- Fiction | Physicians as artists -- FictionDDC classification: Summary: "In the spring of 1914, a group of young students gather in an art studio for a life-drawing class. Paul Tarrant and Elinor Brooke are two components of a love triangle, and at the outset of the war, they turn to each other. After volunteering for the Red Cross, Paul must confront the fact that life, love, and art will never be the same for him.
Pat Barker is unrivaled in her ability to convey simple, moving human truths. Her skill in relaying the harrowing experience of modern warfare is matched by the depth of insight she brings to the experience of love and the morality of art in a time of war. Life Class is one of her genuine masterpieces." --Provided by the publisher
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"Winner of the booker prize." --Front page
"In the spring of 1914, a group of young students gather in an art studio for a life-drawing class. Paul Tarrant and Elinor Brooke are two components of a love triangle, and at the outset of the war, they turn to each other. After volunteering for the Red Cross, Paul must confront the fact that life, love, and art will never be the same for him.
Pat Barker is unrivaled in her ability to convey simple, moving human truths. Her skill in relaying the harrowing experience of modern warfare is matched by the depth of insight she brings to the experience of love and the morality of art in a time of war. Life Class is one of her genuine masterpieces." --Provided by the publisher
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