A Separate Peace.John Knowles John Knowles (September 16, 1926 - November 29, 2001), b. Fairmont, West Virginia, was an American novelist, best known for his novel A Separate Peace. A 1945 graduate of the Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, Knowles graduated from Yale University as . 1959/ 2002. Read by Scott Snively. 5 cds, 6 hrs. Audio Bookshelf. 1-883332776-1. $44.95. Cardboard, plastic; plot notes. SA* This is a timeless portrayal of the fraught inner world of a bright, sensitive 16-year-old boy. Gene discovers passionate, emotional heights along with loyalty and friendship; he discovers corresponding depths of insecurity and anxiety; the guilt and shame of betrayal Betrayal See also Treachery. Judas Iscariot apostle who betrays Jesus. [N.T.: Matthew 26:15] Proteus though engaged, steals his friend Valentine’s beloved, reveals his plot and effects his banishment. [Br. ; and the blankness of loss. Knowles also recreates the time-bound world of an all-boys prep school in New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). . During WW II, it was at first an isolated island cut off from the events of the greater world; as the story progresses and the boys mature, the war increasingly encroaches on their private enclave enclave /en·clave/ (en´klav) tissue detached from its normal connection and enclosed within another organ. en·clave n. A detached mass of tissue enclosed in tissue of another kind. . The two motifs reflect and resonate res·o·nate v. res·o·nat·ed, res·o·nat·ing, res·o·nates v.intr. 1. To exhibit or produce resonance or resonant effects. 2. with each other. Snively's voiced reading is excellent. With distinct and apt personalities for the different characters, his reading is persuasive--and true. Gene comes alive for the listener. Highly recommended. Jacqueline Edwards, Bedford, MA |
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