Life Class left me disappointed. The essence of sacrifice and despair in the First World War that Barker captured in Regeneration (bwl 19) is sadly missing. Instead we are given sex and gore. Life at the Slade is illustrated by repeated name dropping and by real and imagined Bloomsbury figures gathering unconvincingly at the Café Royal. The most interesting angle was the examination of art in War.
(Judith Peppitt - bwl 42 October 2007 ) |
