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A Separate Peace
by Knowles, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very nearly fine/Very good
- Seller
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Brooklyn, New York, United States
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About This Item
The author's first book, a coming-of-age novel set in a New England boy's boarding school at the beginning of WWII. Very nearly fine in blue buckram boards in a very good second-state p/c dw (the first state dw was scrapped because the author felt it portrayed the book as too juvenile) with some minor damp stains to the edges of the spine that do not affect the book at all.
Synopsis
Knowles drew on his own experiences at a New England boarding school in order to write this haunting story about the friendship between Gene and Finny. Effectively polar opposites and yet fiercely devoted to each other, Gene and Finny develop a rivalry that sustains each of them. Gene especially tries to emulate Finny's positive qualities to make himself better. But their friendship takes a dark turn as a result of a rash decision that Gene makes while the two are perched on a tree branch. The fallout and ensuing tragedy haunt Gene for the rest of his life. A Separate Peace is a stirring meditation on adolescence, masculinity, guilt, and friendship. Knowles's classic is an uneasy coming-of-age, set at a boys' boarding school among the desperately carefree 16-year-olds of 1942: too young, still, to be drafted into the war outside; too old to evade the responsibilities and the guilt that follows from the breaking of their fraught and fragile private bonds.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tom Davidson - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 671
- Title
- A Separate Peace
- Author
- Knowles, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very nearly fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Tom Davidson - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2023
Brooklyn, New York
About Tom Davidson - Bookseller
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