Stoner / John Williams

Sent to university to study agriculture, William Stoner discovers a passion for English literature and chooses an academic life instead. His years as a teacher are marked by an unhappy marriage, professional rivalries and a love affair that threatens his fragile place in the world. The novel follows the private struggles and quiet commitments of a man whose life seems unremarkable from the outside.

Author: John Williams
Introduction: John McGahern
Publisher: New York Review Books
Series: NYRB Classics
Edition published: 2006
Language: English
ISBN: 9781590171998