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A Separate Peace - by  John Knowles (Paperback) - 1 of 1

A Separate Peace - by John Knowles (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.
  • About the Author: John Knowles, who died in 2001, was a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and Yale University, as well as a recipient of the William Faulkner Award and the Rosenthal Award of the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
  • 208 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Classics

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About the Book



A novel of unrest among 16-year-olds in a boy's school at theopening of WorldWar II.



Book Synopsis



Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. 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 World War II.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.



Review Quotes




"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 "A model of restraint, deeply felt and beautifully written." -The Observer "Mr. Knowles has something to say about youth and war that few contemporary novelists have attempted to say and none has said better." -Warren Miller



About the Author



John Knowles, who died in 2001, was a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and Yale University, as well as a recipient of the William Faulkner Award and the Rosenthal Award of the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.42 Inches (H) x 5.42 Inches (W) x .55 Inches (D)
Weight: .44 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 208
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Classics
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Format: Paperback
Author: John Knowles
Language: English
Street Date: May 1, 2016
TCIN: 78142876
UPC: 9780743253970
Item Number (DPCI): 247-23-8164
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.55 inches length x 5.42 inches width x 8.42 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.44 pounds
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Didnt receive the book as shown

Bought this for my stepsister who wanted the book with a different cover than she’s seen around. When I saw the listing with this cover I thought it was lucky. It arrived yesterday with a different cover (the one she didn’t like) than it’s advertised as. I don’t have time to return or find a replacement to gift her so I hope she ends up liking it anyway.
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