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The Ghost Road is a war novel by Pat Barker, first published in 1995 and winner of the Booker Prize.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 19 relations: Another World (novel), Arthur Maurice Hocart, Booker Prize, Hardcover, Melanesia, Paperback, Pat Barker, Regeneration (novel), Shell shock, Siegfried Sassoon, Simbo, Solomon Islands, The Eye in the Door, Viking Press, W. H. R. Rivers, War novel, Western Front (World War I), Wilfred Owen, World War I.

  2. Fiction set in 1918
  3. Novels by Pat Barker

Another World (novel)

Another World is a novel by Pat Barker, published in 1998. The Ghost Road and Another World (novel) are novels by Pat Barker and Viking Press books.

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Arthur Maurice Hocart

Arthur Maurice Hocart (26 April 1883, in Etterbeek, Belgium – 9 March 1939, in Cairo, Egypt) was an anthropologist best known for his eccentric and often far-seeing works on Polynesia, Melanesia, and Sri Lanka.

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Booker Prize

The Booker Prize, formerly the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019), is a prestigious literary award conferred each year for the best single work of sustained fiction written in the English language, which was published in the United Kingdom and/or Ireland.

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Hardcover

A hardcover, hard cover, or hardback (also known as hardbound, and sometimes as casebound (At p. 247.)) book is one bound with rigid protective covers (typically of binder's board or heavy paperboard covered with buckram or other cloth, heavy paper, or occasionally leather).

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Melanesia

Melanesia is a subregion of Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Paperback

A paperback (softcover, softback) book is one with a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples.

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Pat Barker

Patricia Mary W. Barker,, Hon FBA (Drake; born 8 May 1943) is a British writer and novelist.

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Regeneration (novel)

Regeneration is a historical and anti-war novel by Pat Barker, first published in 1991. The Ghost Road and Regeneration (novel) are novels by Pat Barker, novels set during World War I and Viking Press books.

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Shell shock

Shell shock is a term that originated during World War I to describe the type of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that many soldiers experienced during the war, before PTSD was officially recognized.

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Siegfried Sassoon

Siegfried Loraine Sassoon (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an English war poet, writer, and soldier.

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Simbo

Simbo is an island in Western Province, Solomon Islands.

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Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, Islands of Destiny, Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is a country consisting of 21 major islands Guadalcanal, Malaita, Makira, Santa Isabel, Choiseul, New Georgia, Kolombangara, Rennell, Vella Lavella, Vangunu, Nendo, Maramasike, Rendova, Shortland, San Jorge, Banie, Ranongga, Pavuvu, Nggela Pile and Nggela Sule, Tetepare, (which are bigger in area than 100 square kilometres) and over 900 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, to the northeast of Australia.

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The Eye in the Door

The Eye in the Door is a novel by Pat Barker, first published in 1993, and forming the second part of the Regeneration trilogy. The Ghost Road and the Eye in the Door are fiction set in 1918, novels by Pat Barker, novels set during World War I and Viking Press books.

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Viking Press

Viking Press (formally Viking Penguin, also listed as Viking Books) is an American publishing company owned by Penguin Random House. The Ghost Road and Viking Press are Viking Press books.

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W. H. R. Rivers

William Halse Rivers Rivers (12 March 1864 – 4 June 1922) was an English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist and psychiatrist known for treatment of First World War officers suffering shell shock, so they could be returned to combat.

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War novel

A war novel or military fiction is a novel about war.

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Western Front (World War I)

The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during the First World War.

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Wilfred Owen

Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC (18 March 1893 – 4 November 1918) was an English poet and soldier.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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See also

Fiction set in 1918

Novels by Pat Barker

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_Road

Also known as The Ghost Road (novel).