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Narrated by:
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Robin Field
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Written by:
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John Williams
About this listen
William Stoner is born at the end of the 19th century into a dirt-poor Missouri farming family. Sent to the state university to study agronomy, he instead falls in love with English literature and embraces a scholar's life, far different from the hardscrabble existence he has known. And yet as the years pass, Stoner encounters a succession of disappointments: marriage into a "proper" family estranges him from his parents; his career is stymied; his wife and daughter turn coldly away from him; a transforming experience of new love ends under threat of scandal. Driven ever deeper within himself, Stoner rediscovers the stoic silence of his forebears and confronts an essential solitude.
John Williams's luminous and deeply moving novel is a work of quiet perfection. William Stoner emerges from it not only as an archetypal American, but as an unlikely existential hero, standing, like a figure in a painting by Edward Hopper, in stark relief against an unforgiving world.
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- Mahnaz
- 2021-05-07
Amazing book
So deeply moving . It will take you with him into a ordinary life with all the disappointments....
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-11-24
amazing
what a great book...nothing really happens just life...but it captures you from beginning to end...a true masterpiece....
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- nathan funk
- 2022-12-20
JRVP recommended
The Jeselnik Rosenthal Vanity Project podcast recommended this, suggesting Stoner to be their top recommendation for getting feedback from the listeners. I'm so glad I listened, it's been a ravenous experience, I've listened voraciously every moment I've been able to since I started. It does not disappoint.
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- Anonymous User
- 2018-08-03
Beautiful story
I heard about this book through a recommendation. I was caught by the author’s use of deep honest truths throughout the novel, and I found that the premise - the life story of an wholly unremarkable man - to be a brilliant backdrop to illuminate this aspect of the author’s writing.
Just a remarkable novel, and a beautiful telling of an otherwise mundane man.
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- Zac N
- 2020-08-05
A book everyone must read
I don’t know how to write this. The book is too realistic in depicting the faults that slip by in our daily lives, whose consequences eventually crescendo into unexpected situations that dictate our inevitable fate. Very emotional and heart wrenching.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2024-07-14
Heavy
The narration of this book is excellent but be prepared for an oppressively heavy story. It is incredibly well written and to the very end you find yourself wishing for something good to uplift poor Stoner but alas it never happens.
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- Anonymous User
- 2023-06-14
Great classic
I was surprised that this book was not required in my English classes. Great description, narrative, story and plot. I need to explore more books by John Williams.
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- Chris Loten
- 2024-11-04
Beautiful and sad, but full and true. Highly recommended.
Wonderful story, full of truisms of a life. Just a life among millions. It was also exceedingly well read.
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- Fraser
- 2022-09-08
emotional draining but beautifully written
I had no issue following along with the narrator. The book itself is really sad, but it is touching.
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- Janice Booth
- 2024-04-04
Excellent
A rare gem . Excellent book! One of the best books I’ve heard or read in awhile. I highly recommended this!
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