A Separate Peace - Brossura

John Knowles

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ISBN 10: 1471139107 ISBN 13: 9781471139109

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster UK, 2014

Riassunto

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 Peaceis 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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Praise for A Separate Peace

'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

'Artistry of a high order' Saturday Review

'Exceptional power and distinction' The Times

'A quietly vital and cleanly written novel that moves, page by page, toward a most interesting target' Truman Capote

'A model of restraint, deeply felt and beautifully written' Observer

'Some books stay with you. Decades have passed since I first discovered A Separate Peace but its impact remains unforgettable. It's a deeply moving coming of age story, set against the backdrop of war' M.L. Stedman, bestselling author of The Light Between Oceans

'Is he the successor to Salinger for whom we have been waiting so long?' Encounter

'A masterpiece' --National Review

L'autore:

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.

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• Editore: Simon & Schuster UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1471139107
• ISBN 13: 9781471139109
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288