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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100553280414
ISBN-139780553280418
eBay Product ID (ePID)17297
Product Key Features
Book TitleSeparate Peace
TopicGeneral, Coming of Age, Literary, Historical
Publication Year1984
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
AuthorJohn Knowles
FormatMass Market
Dimensions
Item Weight3.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"I think it is the best-written, best-designed and most moving novel I have read in many years. Beginning with a tiny incident among ordinary boys, it ends by being as deep and as big as evil itself." -- Aubrey Menen "A quietly vital and cleanly written novel that moves, page by page, towards a most interesting target." -- Truman Capote "Is he the successor to Salinger for whom we have been waiting so long? -- Encounter. "A masterpiece." --National Review., "I think it is the best-written, best-designed and most moving novel I have read in many years. Beginning with a tiny incident among ordinary boys, it ends by being as deep and as big as evil itself." -- Aubrey Menen "A quietly vital and cleanly written novel that moves, page by page, towards a most interesting target." -- Truman Capote "Is he the successor to Salinger for whom we have been waiting so long? -- Encounter. "A masterpiece." -- National Review.
TitleLeadingA
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisGene was a lonely, introverted intellectual. Phineas was a handsome, taunting, daredevil athlete. What happened between them at school one summer during the early years of World War II is the subject of A Separate Peace. A great bestseller for over thirty years--one of the most starkly moving parables ever written of the dark forces that brood over the tortured world of adolescence.
This is an excellent coming of age novel, set in 1942. I was apparently to young to read it when it came out, but it rings true today. Beautifully written. not to be missed, also good for adolescents. Actually it is an easy read and not too long.