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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shields, Charles J., 1951- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2018.
Edición:First English-language edition.
Temas:
Williams, John, > 1922-1994.
Williams, John, > 1922-1994. > Stoner.
Williams, John, > 1922-1994
1900-1999
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
Écrivains américains > 20e siècle > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Authors, American
Electronic books.
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1. Nothing But the Night
  • He comes from Texas
  • "Ho, ho! wasn't I the character then?"
  • Rough draft
  • Key West
  • Alan swallow
  • Love
  • Part 2. Butcher's Crossing
  • The Winters Circle
  • "Natural liars are the best writers"
  • Butcher's Crossing
  • Fiasco
  • Part. 3. Stoner
  • "It was that kind of world"
  • "The Williams affair"
  • Stoner
  • Part 4. Augustus
  • Bread loaf and "up on the hill"
  • The good guys
  • "Long life to the emperor!"
  • Part 5. The Sleep of Reason
  • Poem : "An old actor to his audience"
  • "How can such a son of a bitch have such talent?"
  • In extremis
  • Epilogue. John Williams redux.

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