Requiem for a Wren

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Requiem for a Wren is a post–World War II novel by Nevil Shute that explores loss, trauma, and unfulfilled love through the story of a former British Wren and an Australian ex-serviceman.

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instanceOf novel
post–World War II novel
alsoKnownAs The Breaking Wave NERFINISHED
author Nevil Shute NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresCharacter Australian ex-serviceman
former British Wren
genre drama
fiction
psychological fiction
romantic fiction
hasAlternativeTitle The Breaking Wave NERFINISHED
hasAuthorNationality British
hasForm prose
hasMedium print
hasMotif memory
romantic tragedy
survivor guilt
hasSubject Royal Navy Women's Royal Naval Service NERFINISHED
family relationships
grief
identity
veterans
war injuries
literaryStyle realist
mainTheme loss
trauma
unfulfilled love
war and its aftermath
narrativePerspective first-person narrative
originalLanguage English
setInPeriod post–World War II era
settingCountry Australia NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED

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Nevil Shute notableWork Requiem for a Wren