Pat Barker

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May 08, 1943 in Thornaby-on-Tees, Yorkshire, The United Kingdom

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Pat Barker was born in Thornaby-on-Tees in 1943. She was educated at the London School of Economics and has been a teacher of history and politics.

Her books include the highly acclaimed Regeneration trilogy Regeneration ; The Eye in the Door , winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize; and The Ghost Road , winner of the Booker Prize; as well as seven other novels. Pat Barker is married and lives in Durham, England.

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Books by Pat Barker

Average rating: 3.90 · 12,445 ratings · 1,152 reviews · 21 distinct works

	Regeneration 3.98 avg rating — 4,899 ratings — published 1991 — 27 editions	My rating:
	The Ghost Road 4.05 avg rating — 2,912 ratings — published 1995 — 19 editions	My rating:
	The Eye in the Door 4.02 avg rating — 1,614 ratings — published 1993 — 18 editions	My rating:
	Life Class 3.31 avg rating — 932 ratings — published 2007 — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Regeneration Trilogy 4.40 avg rating — 500 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	Border Crossing 3.37 avg rating — 413 ratings — published 2001 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Another World 3.28 avg rating — 373 ratings — published 1998 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Double Vision 3.37 avg rating — 265 ratings — published 2003 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Union Street 3.79 avg rating — 197 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	Liza's England aka The Century's Daughter 3.62 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1986 — 5 editions	My rating:

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Regeneration (3 books)
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“It's the hardest thing in the world to go on being aware of someone else's pain.”
― Pat Barker

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“Another person's life, observed from the outside, always has a shape and definition that one's own life lacks.”
― Pat Barker

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“Sometimes, in the trenches, you get the sense of something, ancient. One trench we held, it had skulls in the side, embedded, like mushrooms. It was actually easier to believe they were men from Marlborough's army, than to think they'd been alive a year ago. It was as if all the other wars had distilled themselves into this war, and that made it something you almost can't challenge. It's like a very deep voice, saying; 'Run along, little man, be glad you've survived”
― Pat Barker, Regeneration

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