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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780743253970 ISBN: 0743253973 Label: Scribner Manufacturer: Scribner Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: October 07, 2003 Publisher: Scribner Studio: Scribner Accessories: Editorial Review: Product Description: 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A Different time, a Different PlaceThis book is one of several that is most memorable from my youth. The main character is one that you easily like, his spirit is pure. Like Siddhartha he has his Govinda who follows him around. The spirit that the main character embodies is what makes this book special to me, that and the fact that it is set at Andover or Exeter, which ever one, during a more innocent time. This book to me is about innocence. Innocence is wonderful, people like that exist in the world. I think it is OK to ... Read More Rating:  - SchoolbookYou can see this title on the required summer reading tables in bookstores, and I guess schools have been assigning it for almost fifty years. It is easy to see why. Its characters are all adolescents, engaged in the usual struggle for self-definition, subject to sudden mood-swings between intense affection and crippling self-doubt. And being set in 1942-43, the years following America's entry into the War, it offers a new and valuable perspective on this important period in the nation's history. ... Read More Rating:  - The Nihilist Proposition: Negative & Repugnant/ "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles is a confusing book, which is why it is endorsed for popular consumption. The reason is that when values are confused, people are far more readily manipulated; moreso, than if they were presented with a story whose propositions by way of story line were more explicit and unconfusing. The novel has nothing at all to do with PEACE, but a lot to do with ANGST, which the author offers as a desireable personality trait. ... Read More Rating: - Great Buy I'm usually concerned about purchasing items on line, especially books. I can honestly say that this experience was worth it. I would recommend this seller to anyone interested in purchasing good quality books at extremely reasonable prices. Buy with confidence, I did! Rating: - A great sellerProduct is exactly as described, shipping just took a little longer than anticipated. Otherwise a wonderful buying experience! |
