Stoner,: A Novel

Synopsis

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 Reading Experience Like No Other, Itself A Paean To The Power Of Literature, It Is A Novel To Be Savoured.--publisher Description. [by] John Williams.