{"product_id":"9781398550698-separate-peace","title":"A Separate Peace","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the great coming-of-age tales, now with a new introduction by Alice Winn, author of \u003ci\u003eIn Memoriam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Decades have passed since I first discovered \u003ci\u003eA Separate Peace\u003c\/i\u003e but its impact remains unforgettable. It's a deeply moving coming-of-age story, set against the backdrop of war’ \u003cb\u003eM.L. Stedman, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Light Between Oceans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An American modern classic and perennial bestseller, \u003ci\u003eA Separate Peace\u003c\/i\u003e is a harrowing and luminous parable of the dark side of adolescence, and a haunting treatise on the horrors of war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A model of restraint, deeply felt and beautifully written’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Exceptional power and distinction’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A quietly vital and cleanly written novel that moves, page by page, toward a most interesting target’ \u003cb\u003eTruman Capote\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘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’ \u003cb\u003eLionel Shriver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56127974932854,"sku":"9781398550698","price":7.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35844995_746ac96d-272b-4054-9681-8eebeb2b3dc1.jpg?v=1756338843","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781398550698-separate-peace","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}