Stoner

A Novel

De: John Williams

Narrado por: Alfred Molina

Waterstone's book of the year 2013

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 best-seller lists across Europe.

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 listening experience like no other, itself a paean to the power of literature, it is a novel to be savoured.

©2016 John Williams (P)2016 Random House AudioBooks

Good read!

A simplistic but engaging narrative! The plot was well adapted by the narrator so much so that It was very hard to put down. (If that idiom applies to audio books) 😋

well written

Stoner is a beautiful but sad novel, reflecting the harsh realities of life,
I enjoyed this book because it was so realistic.

Painful and beautiful

Such a complex yet freely flowing story! Gripping and engaging like few other books. I think you might have to have experienced a bit of life and love yourself to fully appreciate this book.

The arc of a human (humanist) beautifully written

Still missing my time with Stoner - the book and the man. His story is both unique and universal. Molina's narration was spot-on. If you're after something in the same vein, try William Boyd's 'Any Human Heart'.

Es una obra maestra

Esta muy bellamente narrado, perfectamente escrito, que transforma una vida aburrida en casi una obra maestra

Exceptional writing

Beautifully written and narrated. This is a timeless classic of a book. It tells the life of a perfectly ordinary man in an extraordinary way

Devastating

I could not stop crying. I can't even explain why. Such quiet, deafening depth and pain.