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Romance publicado em 1965, caído no esquecimento. Tal como o seu autor, John Williams – também ele um obscuro professor americano, de uma obscura universidade.
Passados quase 50 anos, o mesmo amor à literatura que movia a personagem principal levou a que uma escritora, Anna Gavalda, traduzisse o livro perdido. Outras edições se seguiram, em vários países da Europa. E em 2013, quando os leitores da livraria britânica Waterstones foram chamados a eleger o melhor livro do ano, escolheram uma relíquia.
Julian Barnes, Ian McEwan, Bret Easton Ellis, entre muitos outros escritores, juntaram-se ao coro e resgataram a obra, repetindo por outras palavras a síntese do jornalista Bryan Appleyard: "É o melhor romance que ninguém leu". Porque é que um romance tão emocionalmente exigente renasce das cinzas e se torna num espontâneo sucesso comercial nas mais diferentes latitudes? A resposta está no livro. Na era da híper comunicação, Stoner devolve-nos o sentido de intimidade, deixa-nos a sós com aquele homem tristonho, de vida apagada. Fechamos a porta, partilhamos com ele a devoção à literatura, revemo-nos nos seus fracassos; sabendo que todo o desapontamento e solidão são relativos – se tivermos um livro a que nos agarrar.
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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
in German
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Stoner
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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