An edition of Stoner (1965)

Stoner

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An edition of Stoner (1965)

Stoner

El Balancí
  • 4.4 (36 ratings) ·
  • 188 Want to read
  • 15 Currently reading
  • 57 Have read

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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Ediciones 62
Language
Catalan
Pages
336

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Cover of: Stoner
Stoner
2015, Natur & kultur
in Swedish - 1. pocketutg.
Cover of: Stoner
Stoner
2014, Natur & kultur
in Swedish - 1. utg.
Cover of: Stoner
Stoner
2014, Polirom
Paperback in Romanian - Biblioteca Polirom
Cover of: Stoner
Stoner: Roman
2014, Dt. Taschenbuch-Verl., Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag
in German
Cover of: Stoner
Stoner
2014, Baile del Sol
in Spanish
Cover of: Profesor Stoner
Profesor Stoner
2014, Wydawnictwo Sonia Draga
in Polish
Cover of: Stoner
Stoner
2012 May, Ediciones 62
Paperback in Catalan - El Balancí
Cover of: Stoner
Stoner
2012, Vintage Books
Paperback in English - Vintage Classics edition (40)
Cover of: Stoner
Stoner
2006, New York Review Books
Paperback in English - printing (16)
Cover of: Stoner
Stoner
2006, New York Review Books
Trade Paperback in English - 6th printing

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Published in
Barcelona, Spain
Copyright Date
1965, 2012
Translation Of
Stoner

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B. 8.470-2012

Contributors

Translator
Albert Torrescasana

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
336
Dimensions
23 x 15 x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26424297M
ISBN 10
8429769315
ISBN 13
9788429769319
OCLC/WorldCat
828267584
amazon.co.uk_asin
8429769315
Goodreads
16075418

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Work Description

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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William Stoner entered the University of Missouri as a freshman in the year 1910, at the age of nineteen.
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