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A review by agiali
Stoner by John Williams
4.0
An excellent read where every sentence and word felt important. While the writing is mundane, it served a purpose, and lines were written to punch you in the gut despite being written in the 60s.
Stoner is just a simple literary classic following the life of William Stoner. Stoner grew up on his parents' farm and when he originally goes to school for agriculture, he ends up falling in love with English literature and decides to pursue that instead. You see him throughout his life getting his PhD, falling in love, getting married, going to teach his own courses, and many other life changes.
I'm not a classics girl by any means, but this year I've researched a few that I would love to try and the New York Review Books Classics (NYRB) collection has such fascinating titles that aren't your average and very popular classics. John Williams has only written three novels, Stoner being his middle child and most popular, but you best bet I will be reading his other two. I adored this novel and this has to be what classic literature gals and pals feel when they read their classics. It makes me want to frolic at a university in a cardigan like "Ah, yes! I am just as cool and mysterious as you scholars." (I am not)
Stoner is just a simple literary classic following the life of William Stoner. Stoner grew up on his parents' farm and when he originally goes to school for agriculture, he ends up falling in love with English literature and decides to pursue that instead. You see him throughout his life getting his PhD, falling in love, getting married, going to teach his own courses, and many other life changes.
I'm not a classics girl by any means, but this year I've researched a few that I would love to try and the New York Review Books Classics (NYRB) collection has such fascinating titles that aren't your average and very popular classics. John Williams has only written three novels, Stoner being his middle child and most popular, but you best bet I will be reading his other two. I adored this novel and this has to be what classic literature gals and pals feel when they read their classics. It makes me want to frolic at a university in a cardigan like "Ah, yes! I am just as cool and mysterious as you scholars." (I am not)