Stoner (novel)
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Stoner is a 1965 novel by the American writer John Williams
. It was reissued in 2006 by New York Review Books Classics.
The central character is an undistinguished English professor (Stoner) who pursues a largely uneventful career at a drab Midwestern university. Neither Stoner's wife, nor his colleagues, nor his students think much of him. The achievement of the book is in the resonant telling of a small, ordinary life. In a 2007 review of the recently reissued work, Morris Dickstein wrote that Stoner is "a perfect novel, so well told and beautifully written, so deeply moving that it takes your breath away." C.P Snow, writing in The Financial Times in 1973 asked "Why isn't this book famous?"
The novel contains an introduction written by John McGahern.
John Edward Williams
John Edward Williams was an American author, editor and professor. He was best known for his novels Stoner and Augustus.-Life:...
. It was reissued in 2006 by New York Review Books Classics.
The central character is an undistinguished English professor (Stoner) who pursues a largely uneventful career at a drab Midwestern university. Neither Stoner's wife, nor his colleagues, nor his students think much of him. The achievement of the book is in the resonant telling of a small, ordinary life. In a 2007 review of the recently reissued work, Morris Dickstein wrote that Stoner is "a perfect novel, so well told and beautifully written, so deeply moving that it takes your breath away." C.P Snow, writing in The Financial Times in 1973 asked "Why isn't this book famous?"
The novel contains an introduction written by John McGahern.