The Return of the Soldier
by Rebecca West
Taste attributes: dramawarhistoricalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringtroubled leadshuman spirit/resilience/survivalcomplex relationship
Boxlist takeA grounded novel that is moving, weighty and slow-burning. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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4.7 / 5
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About This Book
Writing her first novel during World War I, West examines the relationship between three women and a soldier suffering from shell-shock. This novel of an enclosed world invaded by public events also embodies in its characters the shifts in England's class structures at the beginning of the twentieth century.
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- Author
- Rebecca West
- Published
- 1918
- Pages
- 123
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- Open Library
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