The Resource Stoner, John Williams ; with an introduction by John McGahern
Stoner, John Williams ; with an introduction by John McGahern
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The item Stoner, John Williams ; with an introduction by John McGahern represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- 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. A reading experience like no other, itself a paean to the power of literature, it is a novel to be savoured
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 278 pages
- Note
- This ed. originally published: London: Vintage, 2003
- Isbn
- 9780099561545
- Label
- Stoner
- Title
- Stoner
- Statement of responsibility
- John Williams ; with an introduction by John McGahern
- Title variation
- Stoner
- Title variation remainder
- a novel
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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. A reading experience like no other, itself a paean to the power of literature, it is a novel to be savoured
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1922-1994
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Williams, John
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1934-2006
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- McGahern, John
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- College teachers
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Stoner, John Williams ; with an introduction by John McGahern
- Note
- This ed. originally published: London: Vintage, 2003
- Control code
- 000050641731
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 278 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780099561545
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)830519751
- Label
- Stoner, John Williams ; with an introduction by John McGahern
- Note
- This ed. originally published: London: Vintage, 2003
- Control code
- 000050641731
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 278 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780099561545
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)830519751
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