u003cbu003eFrom the Booker Prize-winning and Women's Prize-shortlisted author of u003ciu003eThe Silence of the Girlsu003c/iu003e u003c/bu003e u003cpu003eu003cbu003eThe first novel in Pat Barker's acclaimed 'Life Class' trilogy - an unforgettable story of art and war, from one of our greatest writers on war and the human heartu003c/bu003e u003cpu003eu003cbu003e'Triumphant, inspiring, shattering' u003ciu003eThe Timesu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003e u003cpu003eu003cbu003e'Barker writes as brilliantly as ever... With great tenderness and insight she conveys a wartime world turned upside down' u003ciu003eIndependent on Sundayu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003e u003cpu003eu003cbu003e'Masterly, gripping' Penelope Livelyu003c/bu003e u003cpu003eu003cbu003e'Extraordinarily powerful' u003ciu003eSunday Telegraphu003c/iu003e u003c/bu003e u003cpu003eSpring, 1914. The students at the Slade School of Art gather in Henry Tonks's 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 won't 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?u003cpu003eu003cbu003eThe Life Class trilogy: u003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003eu003ciu003eLife Classu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003eu003ciu003eToby's Roomu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003eu003ciu003eNoondayu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003c/pu003e