Life Class is the first novel in Pat Barker's Life Class Trilogy
- a powerful & unforgettable story of art & war Spring 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 & the army won't take Paul he enlists in the Belgian Red Cross just as he & 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?' Triumphant shattering inspiring' The Times' Barker writes as brilliantly as ever with great tenderness & insight she conveys a wartime world turned upside down' Independent on Sunday' Vigorous masterly gripping' Penelope Lively Independent' Extraordinarily powerful' Sunday Telegraph Other titles in the trilogy Toby's Room Noonday