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The man who wrote the perfect novel : John Williams, Stoner, and the writing life /
<P>When <em>Stoner</em> was published in 1965, the novel sold only a couple of thousand copies before disappearing with hardly a trace. Yet John Williams?s quietly powerful tale of a Midwestern college professor, William Stoner, whose life becomes a parable of solitude and anguish...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2018.
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| Edición: | First English-language edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | <P>When <em>Stoner</em> was published in 1965, the novel sold only a couple of thousand copies before disappearing with hardly a trace. Yet John Williams?s quietly powerful tale of a Midwestern college professor, William Stoner, whose life becomes a parable of solitude and anguish eventually found an admiring audience in America and especially in Europe. The <em>New York Times</em> called <em>Stoner</em> "a perfect novel," and a host of writers and critics, including Colum McCann, Julian Barnes, Bret Easton Ellis, Ian McEwan, Emma Straub, Ruth Rendell, C. P. Snow, and Irving Howe, praised its artistry. The<em> New Yorker</em> deemed it "a masterly portrait of a truly virtuous and dedicated man."</p><p><em>The Man Who Wrote the Perfect Novel </em>traces the life of <em>Stoner</em>?s author, John Williams. Acclaimed biographer Charles J. Shields follows the whole arc of Williams?s life, which in many ways paralleled that of his titular character, from their shared working-class backgrounds to their undistinguished careers in the halls of academia. Shields vividly recounts Williams?s development as an author, whose other works include the novels <em>Butcher?s Crossing</em> and <em>Augustus</em> (for the latter, Williams shared the 1972 National Book Award). Shields also reveals the astonishing afterlife of <em>Stoner</em>, which garnered new fans with each American reissue, and then became a bestseller all over Europe after Dutch publisher Lebowski brought out a translation in 2013. Since then, <em>Stoner</em> has been published in twenty-one countries and has sold over a million copies.</p> |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781477317372 1477317376 |