description: Gene was a lonely, introverted intellectual.  Phineas was a handsome, taunting, daredevil athlete.  What happened between them at school one summer  during the early years of World War II is the subject  of A Separate Peace. A great  bestseller for over twenty years, it is one of the  most starkly moving parables ever written of the  dark forces that brood over the tortured world of  adolescence.
language: English
title: A Separate Peace
titlecomplete: A Separate Peace
characters: Phineas, Gene Forrester
genres: Fiction, Coming Of Age, School, Young Adult, Literature, Read For School, Classics, Novels, High School, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 214665
places: New Hampshire
awards: awardedAt: -283968000000
name: Rosenthal Family Foundation Award, awardedAt: -283968000000
name: William Faulkner Foundation Award, awardedAt: -283968000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Listening Library