An edition of Stoner (1965)

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An edition of Stoner (1965)

Stoner

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

›Stoner‹ ist einer der großen vergessenen Romane der amerikanischen Literatur. John Williams erzählt das Leben eines Mannes, der, als Sohn armer Farmer geboren, schließlich seine Leidenschaft für Literatur entdeckt und Professor wird – es ist die Geschichte eines genügsamen Lebens, das wenig Spuren hinterließ.

Ein Roman über die Freundschaft, die Ehe, ein Campus-Roman, ein Gesellschaftsroman, schließlich ein Roman über die Arbeit. Über die harte, erbarmungslose Arbeit auf den Farmen; über die Arbeit, die einem eine zerstörerische Ehe aufbürdet, über die Mühe, in einem vergifteten Haushalt mit geduldiger Einfühlung eine Tochter großzuziehen und an der Universität oft teilnahmslosen Studenten die Literatur nahebringen zu wollen.

›Stoner‹ ist kein Liebesroman, aber doch und vor allem ein Roman über die Liebe: über die Liebe zur Poesie, zur Literatur, und auch über die romantische Liebe. Es ist ein Roman darüber, was es heißt, ein Mensch zu sein.

Source: https://www.dtv.de/buch/john-williams-stoner-41823/

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Stoner
2015, Natur & kultur
in Swedish - 1. pocketutg.
Cover of: Profesor Stoner
Profesor Stoner
2014, Wydawnictwo Sonia Draga
in Polish
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Stoner
2014, Baile del Sol
in Spanish
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Stoner: Roman
2014, Dt. Taschenbuch-Verl., Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag
in German
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Stoner
2014, Polirom
Paperback in Romanian - Biblioteca Polirom
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Stoner
2014, Natur & kultur
in Swedish - 1. utg.
Cover of: Stoner
Stoner
2013, dtv
Epub in German
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Stoner
2012, Vintage Books
Paperback in English - Vintage Classics edition (40)
Cover of: Stoner
Stoner
2006, New York Review Books
Paperback in English - printing (16)
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Stoner
2006, New York Review Books
Trade Paperback in English - 6th printing

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Edition Notes

Copyright Date
2013
Translation Of
Stoner

Contributors

Translator
Bernhard Robben

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Format
Epub

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26424356M
ISBN 10
3423418230
ISBN 13
9783423418232
OCLC/WorldCat
858853760
Google
CnsoIHKykSkC
amazon.de_asin
B00EJOGQZG
Goodreads
26144975

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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