Stoner: 50th Anniversary Edition -- John Williams

<b>Discover an American masterpiece. This unassuming story about the life of a quiet English professor has earned the admiration of readers all over the globe.</b> <p/>The critic Morris Dickstein has said that John Williams's <i>Stoner</i> is something much rarer than a great novel - it is a perfect novel, and in the last decade this austere and deeply moving tale of a Midwestern college professor has been embraced by readers all over the world. To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of <i>Stoner</i>, NYRB Classics offers a special hardback edition of the book that also includes a previously unpublished correspondence between John Williams and his agent about its writing and publication.<br><br><b>Author:</b> John Williams<br><b>Publisher:</b> New York Review of Books<br><b>Published:</b> 07/30/2019<br><b>Pages:</b> 336<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Hardcover<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.93lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.60h x 5.40w x 0.90d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781681374574<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>John Williams </b>(1922¬-1994) was born and raised in northeast Texas. After serving in the war, he enrolled at the University of Denver, where he received both his B.A. and M.A. and returned as an instructor in 1954. Williams taught creative writing program at the University of Denver until retiring in 1985. He published two volumes of poetry and three novels, <i>Butcher's Crossing</i>, <i>Stoner</i>, and the National Book Award-winning <i>Augustus</i>, all of which are availab