2013, ISBN: 9780099561545

Almost fifty years after its initial publication in the United States, fresh European translations of John Williams' campus novel Stoner began to rekindle interest in both book and writer… Mehr…

Almost fifty years after its initial publication in the United States, fresh European translations of John Williams' campus novel Stoner began to rekindle interest in both book and writer. Spearheaded most particularly by Julian Barnes' article for The Guardian on unearthing what Barnes referred to as "a true 'reader's novel', in the sense that its narrative reinforces the very value of reading and study. Many will be reminded of their own lectoral epiphanies, of those moments when the magic of literature first made some kind of distant sense, first suggested that this might be the best way of understanding 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. Stoner tells of the conflicts, defeats and victories of the human race that pass unrecorded by history, and reclaims the significance of an individual life. As a bookseller, we were thrilled to play a part in the recognition of Stoner as a truly great book, becoming our second Waterstones Book of the Year in 2013. Despite its heavily academic setting, the life and experience described is properly universal and contains its own kind of unsolvable, but essential, sadness. Books John Williams|Paperback|Vintage Publishing|05/07/2012, Vintage Publishing<

2012, ISBN: 9780099561545

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Random House UK Ltd], 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 … Mehr…

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Random House UK Ltd], 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 first studied to teach literature and creative writing for thirty years. It was during this time that 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., DE, [SC: 2.90], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, 320, [GW: 231g], Banküberweisung, PayPal, [CT: Sonstiges / Sonstiges]<

2012, ISBN: 9780099561545

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Random House UK Ltd], 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 … Mehr…

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Random House UK Ltd], 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 first studied to teach literature and creative writing for thirty years. It was during this time that 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., DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, 320, [GW: 231g], PayPal, [CT: Sonstiges / Sonstiges]<

2005, ISBN: 9780099561545

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Random House UK Ltd], Neuware - John Williams was an author, editor and professor. Born in 1922 in Texas, he served in the United States Army Air Force from 1942 t… Mehr…

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Random House UK Ltd], Neuware - 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 first studied to teach literature and creative writing for thirty years. It was during this time that 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., DE, [SC: 1.19], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, 198x131x23 mm, 288, [GW: 231g], Banküberweisung, PayPal<

2013, ISBN: 0099561549

[EAN: 9780099561545], Neubuch, [PU: Random House UK|Vintage, London], AMERIKANISCHE BELLETRISTIK ROMAN, ERZÄHLUNG ENGLISCHE BÜCHER USA MISSOURI FICTION CLASSICS KINDLE BOOKS DEALS PRIME R… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780099561545], Neubuch, [PU: Random House UK|Vintage, London], AMERIKANISCHE BELLETRISTIK ROMAN, ERZÄHLUNG ENGLISCHE BÜCHER USA MISSOURI FICTION CLASSICS KINDLE BOOKS DEALS PRIME READING CLASSIC NOVELS BOOK BESTSELLERS 2022 GREAT AMERICAN MODERN FICT GEGENWARTSLITERATUR (AB 1945) ENGLISCH, 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, ., Books<