Stoner

R$ 156,90

Sinopse

A beautiful hardback edition of the iconic forgotten classic, the story of one man's ordinary, extraordinary life.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.Yet with truthfulness, compassion and intense power, this novel uncovers a story of universal value - of the conflicts, defeats and victories of the human race that pass unrecorded by history - and in doing so reclaims the significance of an individual life.'A beautiful, sad, utterly convincing account of an entire life' Ian McEwan'A brilliant, beautiful, inexorably sad, wise and elegant novel' Nick Hornby'A terrific novel of echoing sadness' Julian BarnesVINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS: Bound to be beautiful

Participantes

Autor: John Williams

Autor

JOHN WILLIAMS

John Edward Williams nasceu em 1922 em Clarksville, um povoado no interior do Texas. Serviu na aviação militar estadunidense na Segunda Guerra Mundial na China, Birmânia e Índia. Recebeu o bacharelado em Literatura Inglesa da Universidade de Denver e o doutorado da Universidade de Missouri em 1954. Voltou para Denver no mesmo ano, onde trabalhou como professor assistente de Literatura Inglesa até sua aposentadoria em 1985. Faleceu em 4 de março de 1994. Além de Stoner é autor de mais três romances: Nothing but the night, Butcher's Crossing e Augustus (vencedor do National Book Award em 1972).