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Coup de coeur
(Literature), by Mariama
Stoner is a quiet masterpiece that tells the life story of William Stoner, a humble and unassuming English professor in early 20th century Missouri. Through the seemingly ordinary events of Stoners lifehis struggles in marriage, the ups and downs of his academic career, and his deep love for literatureJohn Williams crafts a profoundly moving portrait of resilience and the human condition. The life of this unlikely existential hero is a testament to the beauty in the mundane, and of the quiet power of literature. Very demure.
William Stoner enters the University of Missouri at nineteen 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.
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Binding: Paperback
Publication date: 05 Jul 2012
Dimensions: 196 x 127 x 21 mm
ISBN: 9780099561545
