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Tot i que l'escriptor nord-americà John Williams va rebre el National Book Award, la seva obra ha estat oblidada durant molts anys. Stoner (1965) explica la història de William Stoner, un jove virtuós i discret, fill d'uns camperols de Missouri, que amb gran esforç dels seus pares és enviat a la Facultat d'Agricultura.Aviat, però, s'adona que la seva verdadera vocació són les lletres. Seduït per aquest descobriment, la literatura esdevé una autèntica obsessió que el porta a renunciar a la granja familiar i a convertir-se en professor. Abocat a l'estudi i tancat en el món universitari, on du una vida solitària i senzilla, el seu caràcter taciturn i fred s'aguditza i van passant els anys, amb males relacions amb els alumnes, greus fracassos sentimentals i familiars, sense col·legues ni amics. Una vida grisa, plena d'errors, en la qual només hi ha un instant digne de glòria: el moment en què descobreix la literatura, la seva única passió.Amb Stoner, John Williams aconsegueix condensar tota una vida en una novel·la. Una obra mestra que, en paraules del narrador, recrea com "a algú se li va concedir la saviesa i al cap dels anys va trobar la ignorància".
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domestic fiction, psychological fiction, Literature, Fiction, Study and teaching, College teachers, Adultery, English teachers, Marital conflict, campus, academic, College teachers, fiction, Missouri, fiction, Fiction, general, Fiction, family life, Fiction, family life, general, Fiction, psychological, Middle west, fiction, Littérature, Romans, nouvelles, Étude et enseignement, Professeurs d'anglais, Conflits conjugauxShowing 10 featured editions. View all 46 editions?
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Stoner: Roman
2014, Dt. Taschenbuch-Verl., Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag
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2012, Vintage Books
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2006, New York Review Books
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Stoner is a 1965 novel by the American writer John Williams. It was reissued in 1972 by Pocket Books, in 2003 by Vintage and in 2006 by New York Review Books Classics with an introduction by John McGahern.
Stoner has been categorized under the genre of the academic novel, or the campus novel. Stoner follows the life of the eponymous William Stoner, his undistinguished career and workplace politics, marriage to his wife, Edith, affair with his colleague, Katherine, and his love and pursuit of literature.
Despite receiving little attention upon its publication in 1965, Stoner has seen a sudden surge of popularity and critical praise since its republication in the 2000s.
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