![]() While daring each other to jump from a tree in a cold river, Gene jounces the limb Phineas is standing on. As an adult looking back fifteen years, Gene recalls and comes to terms with an act he committed that left his friend physically incapacitated and ultimately contributed to his death. ![]() Gene, from whose point of view A Separate Peace is told, is a somewhat athletic, shy intellectual Phineas is a reckless non-intellectual and the best athlete at the school. Both approaching their last year of high school and anticipating their involvement in World War II, Gene and Phineas have very different dispositions. Set in the summer of 1942 at a boys' boarding school in New Hampshire, the novel focuses on the relationship between two roommates and best friends, Gene Forrester and Phineas. ![]() Since it was first published in 1959, John Knowles's novel A Separate Peace has gradually acquired the status of a minor classic. ![]()
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