Pat Barker
Pat Barker Bibliography
Biography

Study Questions

WWI Trilogy

Characters




Written by Pat Barker:

Books 

Barker, Pat. Another world. London : Viking, 1998.

Barker, Pat. Blow your house down. New York : Putnam, 1984.

Barker, Pat. The century's daughter. New York : Putnam, 1986.

Barker, Pat. The eye in the door. New York : Dutton, 1994.

Barker, Pat. The ghost road. London : Viking, 1995.

Barker, Pat. The man who wasn't there. New York : Ballantine Books, 1990, c1988.

Barker, Pat. Regeneration. New York: Plume, 1991.

Barker, Pat. Union Street. New York : Putnam, 1983.

Short Story

Paul, Ronald, ed The Other Half: British Working Class Stories. Goteborg: Akademiforlaget, 1994.

 

About Pat Barker and her work

Alexander, Flora. Contemporary Women Novelists. London: Edward Arnold,1989.

Ardis, Ann. Political Attentiveness vs. Political Correctness: Teaching Pat Barker's Blow Your House Down. College Literature 18.3 (1991): 44-54.

At home in the theatre of war. Financial Times (London), 24 October 1998: 8.

Becker, Alida. Old war wounds. The New York Times Book Review. 16 May 1999: 6.

Booker prize blows her cover. Sunday Telegraph, 12 November 1995: 3.

Carson, Sharon. "Pat Barker." British Writers: Supplement IV. Ed. George Stade. New York: Scribner's, 1997. 45-63.

Dinnage, Rosemary. Death's gray land. The New York Review of Books 43.3 (1996): 29+.

Dodd, Kathryn. "From the East End to EastEnders: Representations of the Working Class, 1890-1980" Come on Down?: Popular Media and Culture in Post-War Britain. Ed. Dominic Strinati. London: Routledge, 1992. 116-32.

Harris, Greg. Compulsory masculinity, Britain, and the Great War: the literary-historical work of Pat Barker. CRITIQUE: Studies in Contemporary Fiction 39.4 (1998):290+.

Hitchcock, Peter. Radical Writing. Feminism, Bakhtin, and the Dialogic. Ed. Dale M. Bauer. Albany: State U of New York P, 1991. 95-121.

Hoffman, Eva. The super bowl of fiction. The New York Times Book Review. 26 Nov 1995: 35.

Karpen, Lynn. The scars of the grandfather. The New York Times Book Review 29 March 1992: 23.

Marcus, James. Talking with Pat Barker: The Politics of Hysteria. Newsday 22 May 1994: 34.

Morrison, Blake. War Stories. New Yorker. 22 Jan. 1996: 78-80, 82.

Moseley, Merritt. Barker's Booker. The Sewanee Review 104.3 (1996): 436+.

Perry, Donna. Backtalk: Women Writers Speak Out. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers UP, 1993. 43-61.

Perry, Donna. Going Home Again: An Interview with Pat Barker. The Literary Review: An International Journal of Contemporary Writing. 34.2 (1991): 235-44.

Pykett, Lyn The Century's Daughters: Recent Women's Fiction and History. Critical Quarterly 29.3 (1987): 71-77.

Riding, Alan. Testifying to the Ravages of Granddad's War . The New York Times, 6 December 1995: 17C.

Shephard, Ben. Digging up the past. TLS. Times Literary Supplement 4851 (1996): 12-13.

Sinker, Mark. Temporary Gentlemen. Sight and Sound 7.12 (1997): 22-24.

Smith, Amanda. Pat Barker (interview). Publishers Weekly 21 Sept 1984: 98-99.

Thorpe, Michael. The Walking Wounded. World and I 14.10 (1999): 258.

Whitehead, Anne. Open to Suggestion: Hypnosis and History in Pat Barker's Regeneration. MFS: Modern Fiction Studies 44.3 (1998): 674-94.

 

Book Reviews

Another World

Allen, Brooke. Rev. of Another World, by Pat Barker.
New Criterion 17.9 (1999): 74.

Anan, Gabriele. Rev. of Another World, by Pat Barker.
The New York Review of Books 46.9 (1999): 28-29.

Birch, Carol. Rev. of Another World, by Pat Barker.
TLS. Times Literary Supplement 4986 (1998): p25.

Gleick, Elizabeth. Rev. of Another World, by Pat Barker.
Time 153.22 (1999): 82.

Graff, E.J. Rev. of Another World, by Pat Barker.
The Women's Review of Books 16.12 (1999): 5-6.

Hooper, Brad. Rev. of Another World, by Pat Barker.
Booklist 95.13 (1999): 1150.

Rev. of Another World, by Pat Barker.
Publishers Weekly 246.7 (1999): 83.

Unsworth, Barry. Rev. of Another World, by Pat Barker.
The New York Times Book Review 104.20 (1999): 6.

Williams, Wilda. Rev. of Another World, by Pat Barker. Library Journal 124.7 (1999): 142.

 

Blow Your House Down

McRobbie, Angela. Rev. of Blow your house down, by Pat Barker. New Statesman 8 June 1984: 24.

Polliyy, Katha. Rev. of Blow your house down, by Pat Barker.
The New York Times Book Review 21 Oct. 1984: 7.

Rev. of Blow your house down, by Pat Barker. Library Journal 1 Sept. 1984: 1684.

Steinberg, Sybil. Rev. of Blow your house down, by Pat Barker. Publishers Weekly 6 July 1984: 54.

The Century's Daughter

Lipson, Eden Ross. Rev. of The century's daughter, by Pat Barker. The New York Times Book Review 21 Dec 1986: 6.

Steinberg, Sybil. Rev. of The century's daughter, by Pat Barker. Publishers Weekly 8 Aug. 1986: 57.

 

The Eye in the Door

Cooke, Judy. Rev. of The Eye in the Door, by Pat Barker. New Statesman & Society 6.269 (1993): 40-41.

Joyce, Alice. Rev. of The Eye in the Door, by Pat Barker. Booklist 90.17 (1994): 1581.

Morton, Brian. Rev. of The Eye in the Door, by Pat Barker. Times Educational Supplement 4027 (1993): 22.

O'Faolain, Julia. Rev. of The Eye in the Door, by Pat Barker. TLS. Times Literary Supplement 4719 (1993): 21.

Pavek, C. Christopher. Rev. of The Eye in the Door, by Pat Barker. Library Journal 119.7 (1994): 108.

Rev. of The Eye In the Door, by Pat Barker. New Yorker 70.27 (1994): 111.

Rev. of The Eye in the Door, by Pat Barker. Publishers Weekly 241.11 (1994): 63.

Shepard, Jim. Rev. of The Eye in the Door, by Pat Barker.
The New York Times Book Review 15 May 1994: 9.

Smith, Tony. Rev. of The Eye in the Door, by Pat Barker. British Medical Journal 312.7039 (1996): 1171.

 

The Ghost Road

Dinnage, Rosemary. Rev. of The Ghost Road, by Pat Barker. The New York Review of Books. 43.3 (1996): 19+.

Gates, David. Rev. of The Ghost Road, by Pat Barker. Newsweek. 126.25 (1995): 72.

Gould, Tony. Rev. of The Ghost Road, by Pat Barker. New Statesman & Society. 8.372 (1995): 57.

Greenlaw, Lavinia. Rev. of The Ghost Road, by Pat Barker. The New Republic. 214.18 (1996): 38+.

Joyce, Alice. Rev. of The Ghost Road, by Pat Barker. Booklist 92.11 (1996): 916.

Kakutani, Michiko. Ghosts, and not the friendly kind: Rev. of The Ghost Road, by Pat Barker. The New York Times. 4 May 1999: E8.

Messud, Claire. A Doctor, a Patient, a War: Rev. of The Ghost Road, by Pat Barker.

Newsday. 3 December 1995: 33.

Parker, Peter. Rev. of The Ghost Road, by Pat Barker. TLS: Times Literary Supplement. 4823 (1995): 4.

Pierpont, Claudia Roth. Rev. of The Ghost Road, by Pat Barker. The New York Times Book Review. 31 Dec. 1995: 5.

Rev. of The Ghost Road. Publishers Weekly, by Pat Barker. 242.48 (1995): 52.

Smith, Tony. Rev. of The Ghost Road, by Pat Barker. British Medical Journal. 312.7039 (1996): 1171.

Walters, Colin. Haunting finale to war trilogy. Rev. of Ghost Road, by Pat Barker.

The Washington Times. 18 December 1995: 26.

Wilhelmus, Tom. Rev. of The Ghost Road, by Pat Barker. The Hudson Review. 49.2 (1996): 321.

Williams, Wilda. Rev. of The Ghost Road, by Pat Barker. Library Journal. 121.3 (1996): 173.


The Man Who Wasn't There

Jamie, Kathleen. Rev. of The Man Who Wasn't There, by Pat Barker. TLS: Times Literary Supplement. 4489 (1989): 404.

Regeneration

Adams, Phoebe-Lou. Rev. of Regeneration, by Pat Barker. The Atlantic. 269.5 (1992): 128.

Coles, Robert. Rev. of Regeneration, by Pat Barker. America. 177.6 (1997): 8.

Dinnage, Rosemary. Rev. of Regeneration, by Pat Barker. The New York Review of Books. 43.3 (1996): 19+.

Forbes, Steve. Rev. of Regeneration, by Pat Barker. Forbes. 154.2 (1994): 24.

Gilbert, Harriett. Rev. of Regeneration, by Pat Barker. New Statesman & Society 4.153 (1991): 37.

Hynes, Samuel. Rev. of Regeneration, by Pat Barker. The New York Times Book Review. 29 March 1992: 1.

Joyce, Alice. Rev. of Regeneration, by Pat Barker. Booklist. 88.16 (1992): 1500.

Pavek, C. Christopher. Rev. of Regeneration, by Pat Barker. Library Journal. 117.4 (1992): 116.

Pierpont, Claudia Roth. Rev. of Regeneration, by Pat Barker. The New Yorker. 68.25 (1992): 74.

Rev. of Regeneration, by Pat Barker. The New York Times Book Review. 6 Dec. 1992: 89.

Rev. of Regeneration, by Pat Barker. Publishers Weekly. 239.4 (1992): 46.

Smith, Tony. Rev. of Regeneration, by Pat Barker. British Medical Journal. 3112.7039 (1996): 1171.

Wormald, Mark. Rev. of Regeneration, by Pat Barker. TLS. Times Literary Supplement. 4599 (1991): 20.

Union Street

Cole, Diane. Rev. of Union Street, by Pat Barker. Ms. Magazine. Jan. 1984: 12+.

Mort, Mary-Ellen. Rev. of Union street, by Pat Barker. Library Journal. 1 Sept 1983: 1719.

Rev. of Union street. Publishers Weekly, by Pat Barker. 22 July 1983: 116.


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