A Separate Peace: John Knowles - Brossura

Knowles, John

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ISBN 10: 1471152324 ISBN 13: 9781471152320

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster USA, 2016

Riassunto

AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 'A GOOD READ' '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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'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
'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
Exceptional power and distinction' The Times
'A model of restraint, deeply felt and beautifully written' The Observer
'A gem of controlled eloquence' New York World-Telegram and Sun

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 USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1471152324
• ISBN 13: 9781471152320
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 270