The Return of the Soldier
Rebecca West
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Beschreibung
The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West is a poignant exploration of love, memory, and trauma set against the backdrop of World War I. When Chris Baldry, a soldier suffering from shell shock, returns home with his memory stuck in the past, he no longer recognizes his wife, Kitty, and instead longs for an old lover from his youth. Through the eyes of his cousin Jenny, West delves into the emotional struggles of the women who must decide between curing Chris or letting him remain in his dreamlike past. This novel captures the deep psychological impact of war on both the returning soldiers and the families left behind.
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Kundenbewertungen
Rebecca West fiction, trauma in literature, tragic war romance, psychological impacts of war, classic literature about war, classic literature, psychological drama, war fiction, WWI novels, trauma and healing, shell shock in literature