A Separate Peace
By John Knowles
Characters
Gene Forester- The narrator of the novel who talks about his teenage life living in the Devon School.
Finny- A determined athlete who plans on being in the Olympics who takes a tumble and his athletic dreams are ruined.
War within
It may be a war zone outside of the school but in its a whole different war.
Early years of WW II
The novel's setting was in the early years of World War Two.
Cover
This is the cover of A Separate Peace.
"A master piece." -National Review
Awards
This novel won the William Faulkner Foundation Award and the Rosenthal Award, two very prestige awards.