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A Separate Peace
de Knowles, John
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good/Very Good
- Librería
-
Ridgewood, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
NY: The Macmillan Company, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A reasonably tidy second printing copy of Knowles' first and best-loved novel, a coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of the Wold War II. Octavo, 8.25 x 5.5 in. 186pp. Light blue cloth boards, dark blue titles on spine and front panel; in dust jacket. Mild sun-fading to spine and perimeters of boards. Light shelfwear and a touch of fraying at spine ends and bottom tips. Toning to edges of textblock. In an unclipped ("$3.50") jacket with a few nicks at head of spine, moderate browning, particularly to spine and along flap hinges. A very good (+) copy in a very good jacket.
Sinopsis
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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Detalles
- Librería
- Dividing Line Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 001919
- Título
- A Separate Peace
- Autor
- Knowles, John
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- The Macmillan Company
- Lugar de publicación
- NY
- Fecha de publicación
- 1960
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
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Ridgewood, New York
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
