An edition of Stoner (1965)

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An edition of Stoner (1965)

Stoner

  • 4.34 ·
  • 35 Ratings
  • 154 Want to read
  • 12 Currently reading
  • 53 Have read

Romance publicado em 1965, caído no esquecimento. Tal como o seu autor, John Williams – também ele um obscuro professor americano, de uma obscura universidade.
Passados quase 50 anos, o mesmo amor à literatura que movia a personagem principal levou a que uma escritora, Anna Gavalda, traduzisse o livro perdido. Outras edições se seguiram, em vários países da Europa. E em 2013, quando os leitores da livraria britânica Waterstones foram chamados a eleger o melhor livro do ano, escolheram uma relíquia.
Julian Barnes, Ian McEwan, Bret Easton Ellis, entre muitos outros escritores, juntaram-se ao coro e resgataram a obra, repetindo por outras palavras a síntese do jornalista Bryan Appleyard: "É o melhor romance que ninguém leu". Porque é que um romance tão emocionalmente exigente renasce das cinzas e se torna num espontâneo sucesso comercial nas mais diferentes latitudes? A resposta está no livro. Na era da híper comunicação, Stoner devolve-nos o sentido de intimidade, deixa-nos a sós com aquele homem tristonho, de vida apagada. Fechamos a porta, partilhamos com ele a devoção à literatura, revemo-nos nos seus fracassos; sabendo que todo o desapontamento e solidão são relativos – se tivermos um livro a que nos agarrar.

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Dom Quixote
Language
Portuguese

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Cover of: Stoner
Stoner
2015, Natur & kultur
in Swedish - 1. pocketutg.
Cover of: Profesor Stoner
Profesor Stoner
2014, Wydawnictwo Sonia Draga
in Polish
Cover of: Stoner
Stoner
2014, Natur & kultur
in Swedish - 1. utg.
Cover of: Stoner
Stoner
2014, Baile del Sol
in Spanish
Cover of: Stoner
Stoner
2014, Dom Quixote
Epub in Portuguese
Cover of: Stoner
Stoner
2014, Polirom
Paperback in Romanian - Biblioteca Polirom
Cover of: Stoner
Stoner: Roman
2014, Dt. Taschenbuch-Verl., Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag
in German
Cover of: Stoner
Stoner
2012, Vintage Books
Paperback in English - Vintage Classics edition (40)
Cover of: Stoner
Stoner
2006, New York Review Books
Trade Paperback in English - 6th printing
Cover of: Stoner
Stoner
2006, New York Review Books
Paperback in English - printing (16)

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Edition Notes

Published in
Portugal
Copyright Date
1965
Translation Of
Stoner

Contributors

Translator
Tânia Ganho
Foreword
John McGahern

The Physical Object

Format
Epub

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26424327M
ISBN 13
9789722055574
amazon.co.uk_asin
B00NUJ0LKM
Google
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amazon.it_asin
B00NUJ0LKM
Goodreads
25666030
25995923

Work Description

Stoner is a 1965 novel by the American writer John Williams. It was reissued in 1972 by Pocket Books, in 2003 by Vintage and in 2006 by New York Review Books Classics with an introduction by John McGahern.

Stoner has been categorized under the genre of the academic novel, or the campus novel. Stoner follows the life of the eponymous William Stoner, his undistinguished career and workplace politics, marriage to his wife, Edith, affair with his colleague, Katherine, and his love and pursuit of literature.

Despite receiving little attention upon its publication in 1965, Stoner has seen a sudden surge of popularity and critical praise since its republication in the 2000s.

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William Stoner entered the University of Missouri as a freshman in the year 1910, at the age of nineteen.
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