{"product_id":"life-class-9780141019475","title":"Life Class","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Pat Barker\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eLife Class\u003c\/i\u003e is the first novel in Pat Barker's Life Class Trilogy - a powerful and unforgettable story of art and war\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eSpring, 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? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Triumphant, shattering, inspiring' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Barker writes as brilliantly as ever . . . with great tenderness and insight she conveys a wartime world turned upside down'\u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Vigorous, masterly, gripping' Penelope Lively, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Extraordinarily powerful' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther titles in the trilogy: \u003cbr\u003eToby's Room\u003cbr\u003eNoonday\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45084858220695,"sku":"9780141019475","price":560.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780141019475.webp?v=1767637296","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/life-class-9780141019475","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}