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Rebecca West (1892-1983) was born Cicily Isabel Fairfield, taking her pen name from an Ibsen play. A feminist and social reformer, she was created a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1959. Her only son, Anthony West, is the son of author H.G. Wells.
A propos de l'auteur
Rebecca West, geboren 1892 in Irland, verstorben 1983 in London, w Autorin mehrer sozialkritischer Romane, Reiseschriftstellerin und Journalistin - für den Daily Telegraph Teilnahme an den Nürnberger Kriegsverbrecherprozessen.
Commentaire
When Chris Baldry returns from the trenches so badly traumatized that the last fifteen years of his life have been expunged from his memory, the three women who love him most are forced into a radical re-examination of their own past lives. Courageous and compassionate, The Return of the Soldier delineates the long-term consequences of war in ways that are as relevant today as they were in 1918 when the book first appeared. Ultimately - and without ever lapsing into easy sentiment - Rebecca West paints a portrait of the redeeming power of love Pat Barker
