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Toby's Room

A portrait of an upper-class family torn by World War I centers on an anguished sister whose beloved brother goes missing in action, in an epic tale that explores the experiences of the family members and the working-class people who support them.

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  • "Toby and Elinor, brother and sister, closest friends and confidants, are sharers of a dark secret, carried from the sweltering summer of 1912 into the battlefields of France and wartime London in 1917. When Toby is reported 'Missing, Believed Killed', another secret casts a lengthening shadow over Elinor's world: how exactly did Toby die - and why? Elinor's fellow art student, Kit Neville, recently returned from the war with his face destroyed, was there in the shell-hole when Toby met his fate, but he is in no mood to talk. Enlisting the help of former lover Paul Tarrant, Elinor determines to uncover the truth. Only then will she be able to finally close the door to Toby's room."
  • "A portrait of an upper-class family torn by World War I centers on an anguished sister whose beloved brother goes missing in action, in an epic tale that explores the experiences of the family members and the working-class people who support them."
  • "A portrait of an upper-class family torn by World War I centers on an anguished sister whose beloved brother goes missing in action, in an epic tale that explores the experiences of the family members and the working-class people who support them."@en
  • "From Booker Prize winner Pat Barker, a masterful novel that portrays the staggering human cost of the Great War. Admirers of her Regeneration Trilogy as well as fans of Downton Abbey and War Horse will be enthralled. With Toby's Room, a sequel to her widely praised previous novel Life Class, the incomparable Pat Barker confirms her place in the pantheon of Britain's finest novelists. 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: some might say too 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 1917, Elinor has a sudden premonition that Toby will not return from France. Three weeks later the family receives a telegram informing them that Toby is "Missing, Believed Killed" in Ypres. However, there is no body, and Elinor refuses to accept the official explanation. Then she finds a letter hidden in the lining of Toby's uniform; Toby knew he wasn't coming back, and he implies that fellow soldier Kit Neville will know why. Toby's Room is an eloquent literary narrative of hardship and resilience, love and betrayal, and anguish and redemption. In unflinching yet elegant prose, Pat Barker captures the enormity of the war's impact'not only on soldiers at the front but on the loved ones they leave behind."@en
  • "Was macht der Krieg mit der Kunst - und die Kunst mit dem Krieg? Elinor und Toby sind Schwester und Bruder, Freunde und engste Vertraute. Im Jahrhundertsommer 1912 verbringen sie eine Nacht gemeinsam in Tobys Zimmer. Ihr Geheimnis nimmt Elinor später mit an die Slade School of Fine Art in London, wo sie Kunst studiert, während Toby im Royal Army Medical Corps in den Schützengräben Frankreichs dient. 1917 wird Toby als "Vermisst, vermutlich gefallen" gemeldet. Elinor stürzt in tiefe Trauer. Sie schliesst sich als Assistentin dem Künstler und Chirurgen Henry Tonks an und beginnt, für ihn die zerstörten Gesichter von Soldaten zeichnerisch zu dokumentieren. In Tonks' Umfeld erwartet sie Aufschluss über Tobys Tod. Pat Barker, geboren 1943 in Thornaby-on-Tees, England, erlangte ihren literarischen Ruhm mit der Roman-Trilogie "Regeneration" - Niemandsland, Das Auge in der Tür, Die Strasse der Geister (Deutsch von Matthias Fienbork). Pat Barker wurde mit zahlreichen Preisen ausgezeichnet. 1995 gewann sie den renommierten Booker-Preis, 2001 erhielt sie den WELT-Literaturpreis. Pat Barker lebt in Durham."
  • "Toby and Elinor, brother and sister, closest friends and confidants, are sharers of a dark secret, carried from the sweltering summer of 1912 into the battlefields of France and wartime London in 1917. This is a masterful novel that portrays the staggering human cost of the Great War. The enormity of the war's impact - not only on soldiers at the front but on the loved ones they leave behind - is poignantly expressed in this unflinching and elegant prose."

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  • "Erzählende Literatur"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Large type books"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"

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  • "Toby's Room"@en
  • "Tobys Zimmer"
  • "Toby's room"@en
  • "Toby's room"
  • "Tobys Zimmer : Roman"
  • "Toby's room a novel"@en
  • "Toby's room : a novel"
  • "Toby's room : a novel"@en

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