JOHN KNOWLES

One of the great coming of age tales now with a new introduction by Alice Winn author of In Memoriam Decades have passed since I first discovered A Separate Peace but its impact remains unforgettable It s a deeply moving coming of age story set against the backdrop of war M L Stedman author of The Light Between Oceans In the uncertain early years of the second world war two boys collide at a prestigious New England boarding school Gene is a lonely introverted intellectual Phineas is a handsome taunting daredevil athlete As they spiral into a fraught intense friendship a shocking act of violence will banish the innocence of these boys and their world forever An American modern classic and perennial bestseller A Separate Peace is a harrowing and luminous parable of the dark side of adolescence and a haunting treatise on the horrors of war A model of restraint deeply felt and beautifully written Observer Exceptional power and distinction The Times A quietly vital and cleanly written novel that moves page by page toward a most interesting target Truman Capote A novel that made such a deep impression on me at sixteen that I can still conjure the atmosphere in my fifties of yearning infatuation mingled indistinguishably with envy and remorse

Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, un grupo de estudiantes comienza el curso en un colegio privado de Nueva Inglaterra. Gene, un chico quieto y obediente, conoce allí a Finny, un compañero atlético y rebelde que despierta en él sentimientos encontrados. La compleja relación que a partir de entonces se establece entre ambos es el nudo en torno al cual se desarrolla una historia de amistad en la cual laten de forma inequívoca lo mejor y lo peor del ser humano, las cuerdas inevitables que se han de pulsar para pasar, a menudo a un alto precio, a la madurez.