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Stoner
John Williams
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Description for Stoner
Paperback. William Stoner enters the University of Missouri at nineteen to study agriculture. A seminar on English literature changes his life, and he never returns to work on his father's farm. Stoner becomes a teacher. He marries the wrong woman. His life is quiet, and after his death his colleagues remember him rarely. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228.
This is the story of a quiet man, destined to be a farmer but who becomes an academic. It is book in which nothing and everything happens and is possibly the greatest novel you've never read.
'It's simply a novel about a guy who goes to college and becomes a teacher. But its one of the most fascinating things that you've ever come across' Tom Hanks, Time
William Stoner enters the University of Missouri at nineteen to study agriculture. A seminar on English literature changes his life, and he never returns to work on his father's farm. Stoner ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099561545
SKU
9780099561545
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About John Williams
John Williams was an author, editor and professor. Born in 1922 in Texas, he served in the United States Army Air Force from 1942 to 1945 in China, Burma and India. His first novel, Nothing But the Night, was published in 1948. After receiving his PhD in 1954, Williams returned to the University of Denver where he first studied to ... Read more
Reviews for Stoner
A terrific novel of echoing sadness
Julian Barnes It's simply a novel about a guy who goes to college and becomes a teacher. But its one of the most fascinating things that you've ever come across
Tom Hanks
Time
I was stunned by it... beautifully written in simple but brilliant prose, a novel of an ordinary ... Read more
Julian Barnes It's simply a novel about a guy who goes to college and becomes a teacher. But its one of the most fascinating things that you've ever come across
Tom Hanks
Time
I was stunned by it... beautifully written in simple but brilliant prose, a novel of an ordinary ... Read more