false 5148 44 Set at a boys' boarding school in New England during the early years of World War II, <I>A Separate Peace</I> 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, <I>A Separate Peace</I> is John Knowles's crowning achievement and an undisputed American classic. 39755 book 1959 A Separate Peace total:21741|5:4544|4:7444|3:6358|2:2354|1:1041| 21741 77319 25861 1425 2 7 false false Thu Sep 04 19:29:37 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 19:29:37 -0700 2008 happened except a whole bunch of wank about being a moron and running and a paragraph lovingly describing a side character's butt. I don't even know.

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Tiring of typical grade school fare I surreptitiously ordered A Separate Peace from the "other side" of the monthly Bantam book order form - unbeknownst to my Mother and my teacher. As grade school and high school books were shipped intermingled I plucked my ord...more...]]> 3 6 false false Mon Mar 30 08:36:31 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 09:55:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 3 false false Sat Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 19:53:49 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 08:45:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 7 false false Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Fri Jun 15 23:28:49 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 15 23:42:38 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 3 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 30 06:37:03 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 30 06:38:35 -0800 2007 By Logan Loring

The book A Separate Peace by John Knowles, isn’t a book that I think is worth reading.
Throughout the many parts of the book there aren’t many scenes that are exciting or jump out at you. If there are any exciting scenes, then t...more...]]> 2 3 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1970 Tue Nov 27 17:47:25 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 27 17:55:17 -0800 2007 I was a kid at a boarding school. I reserve the right to nurse my nearly four decades of hatred for that reason alone.]]> 4 2 false false Fri Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Sep 19 08:19:58 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 21 10:58:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 3 false false Thu Apr 10 09:15:44 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 23:02:43 -0700 2008 When you are in high school, you are required to read many books as part of a required reading list. Often times, you groan when you pick up something that looks like it will be a chore to...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 20 15:43:46 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 20 15:44:13 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Mar 24 20:49:45 -0700 2007 Sat Mar 24 21:14:28 -0700 2007
i read it in high school, like most people. it was the year with all the "classics" that everyone has read at some point in schooling, all depicting young adults in various stages of angst or 19th century high drama or epic poems. whatever.

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A wonderful study of t...more...]]> 1 2 false false Mon Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 17:43:25 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 17:49:16 -0700 2008
I suggest this book for people ...more...]]> 2 2 false false Thu Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 08:24:32 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 10:50:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jan 19 16:33:03 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 19:58:42 -0800 2009 A Separate Peace was a great read from beginning to solemn end. It captured my attention and brought a giant foreshadow right from the start. I felt that this book would be a great read from its introduction.

This book, written by John Knowles, is beautifully written, and tells a story ...more...]]> 1 2 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1978 Wed Sep 19 09:29:36 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 12:06:17 -0700 2007 In addition to being a depressing piece of work, it is about as relevant to kids today as a 45RPM single (that's something we had before CDs, boys and girls). Why are they still putting it on reading lists? What fan of Joh...more...]]> 0 1 false false Wed Feb 11 08:37:47 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 09:02:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 2 false false Wed Mar 26 14:44:39 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 18:41:17 -0700 2008