An Electric Literature selection of 9 toxic friendships in literature
Devon School, an exclusive prep school for boys in New Hampshire, is a world unto itself. But it’s the summer of 1942, and the massive thundercloud of World War II threatens the school’s peaceful
environment. Paralleling the war, where enemies real and imagined are sometimes collaborated with and sometimes destroyed, is the friendship between Gene and Phineas, two students attending the
1942 summer session at Devon. Their idyllic world begins to fall apart as the war escalates, and suspicion and the complexities of adolescence result in violence and betrayal.
A Separate Peace has become a modern classic.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“Snively brilliantly captures the protagonist’s memories.” —Booklist (audio review)
“Like Gene himself, Snively’s narration is sometimes wistful, sometimes regretful, sometimes hesitant…Snively does an excellent job conveying emotions in scenes of conflict…This is an excellent treatment of a modern classic.” —AudioFile
“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, New York Times bestselling author
“Intense, mesmerizing, and compelling.” —School Library Journal
John Knowles (1926–2001) was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire and Yale University. His first novel, A Separate Peace, was published in 1959 and adapted for film in
1972. In 2004 it was adapted again as a television movie by Showtime. He wrote seven novels, a book on travel, and a collection of stories. He was the winner of the William Faulkner Award and the
Rosenthal Award of the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
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Details
Details
Format:
CD
Format:
Library CD
Format:
Playaway
Available Formats :
CD, Library CD, Playaway
Category:
Fiction/Literary
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
CDs:
5
CDs:
5
CDs:
1
Runtime:
6.13
ISBN:
9781538459294
ISBN:
9781883332761
ISBN:
9780792787723
Audience:
Adult
Language:
English
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