Life Class

FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AND WOMENS PRIZE SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THE SILENCE OF THE GIRLS

The first novel in Pat Barkers acclaimed Life Class trilogy - an unforgettable story of art and war, from one of our greatest writers on war and the human heart

Triumphant, inspiring, shatteringThe Times

Spring, 1914. The students at the Slade School of Art gather in Henry Tonks studio for his life-drawing class. But for Paul Tarrant the class is troubling, underscoring his own uncertainty about making a mark on the world. When war breaks out and the army wont take Paul, he enlists in the Belgian Red Cross just as he and fellow student Elinor Brooke admit their feelings for one another. Amidst the devastation in Ypres, Paul comes to see the world anew - but have his experiences changed him completely?

Barker writes as brilliantly as ever . . . With great tenderness and insight, she conveys a wartime world turned upside downIndependent on Sunday

Masterly, gripping Penelope Lively

Extraordinarily powerfulSunday Telegraph

The Life Class trilogy:
Life Class
Tobys Room
Noonday