Regeneration is the story of Dr. Rivers, a psychiatrist working with the British Army, and his reflections on the patients Craiglockhart War Camp during the course of the Second World War. Rivers confronts issues ranging from class barriers within the British Army to the various psychiatric disorders developed by the patients at Craiglockhart. Over the course of the novel he is able to help many patients and reach a deeper understanding of their suffering.
Season of Migration to the North is a post-colonial novel by Tayeb Salih. The narrator returns to Sudan after his studies in England and meets a man named Mustafa Sa'eed who, it seems, is well-read in English. After questioning him, Mustafa tells Tayeb his story, his own education in England, his love affairs with English women and his anger and confusion towards the West. Tayeb sees Mustafa as very similar to himself, a realization that brings him to the brink of sanity until he finally finds independence from Mustafa.