Stoner - John Williams Alfred Molina

Stoner

A Novel

; Alfred Molina (Oppleser)

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. Les mer
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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.
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Forlag: Random House Audiobooks
 Språk: Engelsk
ISBN: 9781786140319
Format: 14 x 14 cm
Winner of Waterstones Book of the Year 2013 UK and Publishers Publicity Circle Awards:Nielsen Award for a Generic Campaign 2014 UK.
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«A terrific novel of echoing sadness»

«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»

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«I was stunned by it... beautifully written in simple but brilliant prose, a novel of an ordinary life, an examination of a quiet tragedy, the work of a great but little-known writer»

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«One of the great unheralded 20th century American novels...Almost perfect»

«One of the great forgotten novels of the past century. I have bought at least 50 copies of it in the past few years, using it as a gift for friends. It is universally adored by writers and readers alike...so beautifully paced and cadenced that it deserves the status of classic»

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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 teach literature and creative writing for thirty years. It was during this time that he wrote the novels Butcher's Crossing (1960) and Stoner (1965). His last novel, Augustus, won the National Book Award in 1973. John Williams died in Arkansas in 1994.