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'A novel that made such a deep impression on me at sixteen that I can still conjure the atmosphere in my fifties: of yearning, infatuation mingled indistinguishably with envy, and remorse' Lionel Shriver
An American coming-of-age tale 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 novel that made such a deep impression on me at sixteen that I can still conjure the atmosphere in my fifties: of yearning, infatuation mingled indistinguishably with envy, and remorse' Lionel Shriver
An American coming-of-age tale 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.
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- Authors:
- Knowles, John
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9781471152320
- Number of Pages:
- 288
- Publication Date:
- 30/06/2016
- Publisher:
- Simon Schuster Ltd
- Series:
- AN AMERICAN CLASSIC
- Year Published:
- 2016
- Publication Date:
- 30/06/2016
- Publisher:
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Language:
- English
- Imprint:
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- SKU:
- 9781471152320