WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2013
'It's the most marvellous discovery for everyone who loves literature' Ian McEwan, BBC Radio 4
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 bestseller lists across Europe. Forty-eight years after its first, quiet publication in the US, Stoner is finally finding the wide and devoted readership it deserves.… (more)
Stoner is a study of failure, but also of love. I’ve never read a more moving account of a young man falling in love with literature.
Williams renders an invisible life lustrous in all its quotidian triumphs and tragedies; his novel deserves similar illumination.
This is a deeply moving, engaging, and often exasperating novel.
Publisher: Vintage Digital (November 30, 2012)
Collection: Vintage Digital
Format: EPUB
Page count: 320 pages
Protection: DRM
Language: English