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Stoner

A Novel

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Stoner

By: John Williams
Narrated by: Alfred Molina
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Waterstone's book of the year 2013

Colum McCann once called Stoner one of the great forgotten novels of the past century, but it seems it is forgotten no longer - in 2013 translations of Stoner began appearing on best-seller lists across Europe.

William Stoner enters the University of Missouri at 19 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 listening experience like no other, itself a paean to the power of literature, it is a novel to be savoured.

©2016 John Williams (P)2016 Random House AudioBooks Classics Genre Fiction Literary Fiction
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A simplistic but engaging narrative! The plot was well adapted by the narrator so much so that It was very hard to put down. (If that idiom applies to audio books) 😋

Good read!

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Stoner is a beautiful but sad novel, reflecting the harsh realities of life,
I enjoyed this book because it was so realistic.

well written

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Such a complex yet freely flowing story! Gripping and engaging like few other books. I think you might have to have experienced a bit of life and love yourself to fully appreciate this book.

Painful and beautiful

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Still missing my time with Stoner - the book and the man. His story is both unique and universal. Molina's narration was spot-on. If you're after something in the same vein, try William Boyd's 'Any Human Heart'.

The arc of a human (humanist) beautifully written

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Esta muy bellamente narrado, perfectamente escrito, que transforma una vida aburrida en casi una obra maestra

Es una obra maestra

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Beautifully written and narrated. This is a timeless classic of a book. It tells the life of a perfectly ordinary man in an extraordinary way

Exceptional writing

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I could not stop crying. I can't even explain why. Such quiet, deafening depth and pain.

Devastating

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