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's crowning achievement and an undisputed American classic.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc.
ISBN-10
1428124381
ISBN-13
9781428124387
eBay Product ID (ePID)
123778411
Product Key Features
Book Title
Separate Peace
Author
John Knowles
Format
Compact Disc
Language
English
Intended Audience
Young Adult Audience, Young Adults
Topic
Classics, Literary, Historical
Publication Year
1991
Genre
Fiction
Dimensions
Item Length
5.8in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
5.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Age Range
13
Number of Volumes
6 Vols.
Grade from
Seventh Grade
Edition Description
Unabridged Edition
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.
Copyright Date
1987
Narrated by
Mcclure, Spike
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
20
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