A Knowles, John 1926-2001 creator nyu New York Scribner Classics 2003 eng 208 pages ; 21 cm. 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 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. A bestseller for more than thirty years, A Separate Peace is John Knowles's crowning achievement and an undisputed American classic. John Knowles. Novela estadounidense Literatura estadounidense PS 3561 K73s 2003 9780743253970 0743253973 240808 20240927121734.0 eng