| Peace | |
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| Author(s) | Gene Wolfe |
| Genre(s) | fantasy |
| Publication date | 1976 |
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Peace is a novel by Gene Wolfe that explores the nature of memory. Our narrator, Alden Dennis Weer, goes over memories from different parts of his life -- his childhood, early adulthood, middle age, old age.[1][2]
As in many of Wolfe's novels, much of the novel is taken up with stories within stories -- stories told to Weer, particulary stories told to his the child Weer.[1]
Different critics interpret what is actually happening in the novel differently.[3] One interpretation is that Weer is dead, and the scattered memories are those of a ghost. Another interpretation is that the memories of his old age are the fantasies of a middle-aged Weer, who is experiencing a nervous breakdown.
Wolfe has described Peace as his favorite work, as it is the one where he came closest to achieving his original goal.
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