{"product_id":"9781101141922","title":"The Return of the Soldier","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eWest’s superb novel—now available as an ebook\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRebecca West’s stunning debut novel: The classic story of a soldier’s amnesia and its effect on the women in his life\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A strange woman arrives at the door with unsettling news for Jenny and her sister-in-law Kitty: Jenny’s husband has lost his memory while fighting in the war. As their solider returns home, the women discover that his mind is stuck on the woman he loved fifteen years before—the same woman who first delivered the news of his memory loss and whom Jenny and Kitty regard as socially beneath them. As they care for him and react to this news, they come to understand the power of love—past, present, unrequited, and unconditional.   Psychologically astute, West’s unforgettable first work of fiction reveals her innate skill at understanding the constructs of class that hamper people’s attempts to connect with one another. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Dame Rebecca West (1892–1983) is one of the most critically acclaimed English novelists, journalists, and literary critics of the twentieth century. Uniquely wide-ranging in subject matter and breathtakingly intelligent in her ability to take on the oldest and knottiest problems of human relations, West was a thoroughly entertaining public intellectual. In her eleven novels, beginning with \u003ci\u003eThe Return of the Soldier, \u003c\/i\u003eshe explored topics including feminism, socialism, love, betrayal, and identity. West’s prolific journalistic works include her coverage of the Nuremberg trials for the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, published as \u003ci\u003eA Train of Powder,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Lamb and Grey Falcon\u003c\/i\u003e, her epic study of Yugoslavia. She had a son with H.G. Wells, and later married banker Henry Maxwell Andrews, continuing to write, and publish, until she died in London at age ninety. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temple Publications International, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133272572144,"sku":"9781101141922","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101141922_p0.jpg?v=1763685310","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101141922","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}