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An American classic and great bestseller for over thirty years, A Separate Peace is timeless in its description of adolescence during a period when the entire country was losing its innocence to the second world war. Set at a boys boarding school in New England during the early years of World War II, A Separate Peace is a harrowing and luminous parable of the dark side of adolescence. Gene is a lonely, introverted intellectual. Phineas is a handsome, taunting, daredevil athlete. What happens between the two friends one summer, like the war itself, banishes the innocence of these boys and their world. A bestseller for more than thirty years, A Separate Peace is John Knowles crowning achievement and an undisputed American classic.
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A Separate Peace, John Knowles, John Fowles
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- Released
- 1960
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- Title
- A Separate Peace
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Knowles, John Fowles
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Released
- 1960
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 196
- ISBN10
- 0553207210
- ISBN13
- 9780553207217
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Classics, Friendship, School, Coming Of Age, High School, Accident
- Original title
- A separate peace
- Rating
- 3.55 out of 5
- Description
- An American classic and great bestseller for over thirty years, A Separate Peace is timeless in its description of adolescence during a period when the entire country was losing its innocence to the second world war. Set at a boys boarding school in New England during the early years of World War II, A Separate Peace is a harrowing and luminous parable of the dark side of adolescence. Gene is a lonely, introverted intellectual. Phineas is a handsome, taunting, daredevil athlete. What happens between the two friends one summer, like the war itself, banishes the innocence of these boys and their world. A bestseller for more than thirty years, A Separate Peace is John Knowles crowning achievement and an undisputed American classic.