Stoner
A special edition of the literary classic
$31.45
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
5 December 2023
Summary
VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS: Bound to be beautiful
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 rarel…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784879143 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1784879142 |
| Author: | John Williams |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 5 December 2023 |
| Weight: | 372g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 138mm x 206mm |
| Series: | Vintage Quarterbound Classics |
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John Williams
John Williams
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 had previously studied, to teach literature and creative writing for thirty years. During this period, 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.
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