· “Stoner, by John Williams, is a slim novel, and not a particularly joyous one. But it is so quietly beautiful and moving, so precisely constructed, that you want to read it in one sitting and enjoy being in it, altered somehow, as if you have been allowed to wear an exquisitely tailored garment that you don’t want to take off.”—Brand: New York Review Books. Stoner is a story of great hope for the writer who cares about her work.”—Stephen Elliott. “ Stoner by John Williams, contains what is no doubt my favorite literary romance of all time. William Stoner is well into his 40s, and mired in an unhappy marriage, when he Pages: · JOHN WILLIAMS “Stoner” was his third book that ran out of print in This masterfully crafted book stood the test of time and finally found the right audience when it was re-issued by New York Review Books in the year It has then gone on Email: deathbymetaphor@bltadwin.ru
John Williams's luminous and deeply moving novel is a work of quiet perfection. William Stoner emerges from it not only as an archetypal American, but as an unlikely existential hero, standing, like a figure in a painting by Edward Hopper, in stark relief against an unforgiving world. Stoner, by John Williams A great deal has been written about this book recently. Steve Almond wrote an admiring review in Tin House, and Morris Dickstein wrote an appreciation recently in The New York Times. There was a huge list of holds at the library and it took months for me to get a copy. I wish I had just bought it, because I definitely. The novelist John Williams () wasn't much of a pitchman for his work. In the late 50s he wrote a letter to his agent, Marie Rodell, to discuss one of the books he was working on: the story of a reserved Midwestern college professor with an undistinguished career. "The point of the novel will be that he is a kind of saint," he wrote.
In a pivotal scene in John Williams' novel, "Stoner" () three young graduate students are discussing the nature of university education over their cups. It is the type of discussion that doubtless has happened many times. The participants are William Stoner, the protagonist of the book, and his friends Gordon Finch and David Masters. The novel Stoner by the American author John Williams was published in to enormous critical acclaim but never became a widely read classic. Considered a part of the academic novel genre, Stoner is a linear examination of the life of a well-meaning, basically average man who never achieves success – and instead, could often be viewed as a failure. Stoner is a story of great hope for the writer who cares about her work.”—Stephen Elliott. “ Stoner by John Williams, contains what is no doubt my favorite literary romance of all time. William Stoner is well into his 40s, and mired in an unhappy marriage, when he meets Katherine, another shy professor of literature.
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