![]() ![]() Reading, or in this case listening, the classics always tending to produce in me a sense of nostalgia for the past, a time dated in the early 90's when I was just a kid. I am taken back in time to when I first started getting into books with this one. ![]() Had it not been for my 'grit your teeth and get through it' mentality or the fact that I simply enjoyed the book's content, I wouldn't have made it through the title. I found myself somewhat steeling myself to get through the book. This book does in fact teach some rather jarring life lessons through its exquisite writing and sheer honesty. He likes order, he likes to plan, be safe, and conduct himself in. The author doesn't in any way spare you from the realities of that time and provides no 'magical fixes' for any of the problems the boys at the Academy faced. Gene is a super-star student who excels in the classroom. 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. View all copies of this ISBN edition: Synopsis. It has a very sobering tone and can be perceived as very 'heavy' in terms of the overall ending of the title. ISBN 10: 0743253973 ISBN 13: 9780743253970. This is probably one of John Knowles' most popular titles and represents a coming of age story between two friends over the course of a year. ![]()
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