Quotes by Pat Barker

About Pat Barker:

Patricia Mary W. is an English writer and novelist. She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres on themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery. Her work is described as direct, blunt and plainspoken. In 2012, The Observer named the Regeneration Trilogy as one of "The 10 best historical novels".
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I wasn't thinking of a sequel when I finished 'Life Class.' What changed my mind was the perception that the characters had a lot of life left in them, a lot of unresolved conflicts, and also I became interested in the Tonks pastel portraits of facia...

Pat Barker

That balance between involvement and detachment is what novelists do. It's the ideal relationship between a novelist and a character, I think, total involvement and identity and empathy, stopping short of being autobiographical - in my case, anyway -...

Pat Barker

Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.

Pat Barker

Author Bio

  • NamePat Barker
  • DescriptionBritish writer
  • BornMay 8, 1943
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist
  • AwardsCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire