The Return Of The Soldier 40Th Anniversary Ed

'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 Barkerthis Is A Masterful Novel About A Shell-Shocked, Amnesiac Soldier Returning From Wwi To The Three Women Who Love Him. Published As Part Of A Beautifully Designed Series To Mark The 40Th Anniversary Of The Virago Modern Classics.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 Loverebecca West - Highly Intelligent, Highly Gifted, Vital, Original, Combative, Formidable And Kind - Was A Great Womanspellbinding . . . Probably Her Best FictionThe Return Of The Soldier Is A Profound, Resonant Book. It Tells Its Moving Story With Emotional Integrity, At The Same Time Meditating Upon The Nature Of Love, The Punishing But Necessary Cruelty Of Reality And Our Responsibility Towards One Another

Captain Chris Baldry Returns From The Front To The Women Who Love Him: His Wife, Kitty, And Jenny, His Devoted Cousin. But, Beautiful Though She Is, Kitty Is A Complete Stranger To Him, And He Recalls Jenny Only As His Childhood Playmate.

The Shell-Shocked Soldier Remembers Margaret Allington, Though, Whom He Loved Fifteen Years Before. The Years Have Changed Her, But Chris Sees The Girl He Fell In Love With. The Women Have A Choice - To Leave Chris In The Past, Where He Wishes To Be, Or To 'cure' Him. It Is Margaret Who Reveals A Love So Great That She Can Make The Final Sacrifice.