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A quiet professor’s life
1965Slow paceMelancholic
What it is about
William Stoner, the son of a farmer, becomes a professor of English at the University of Missouri. Williams’s 1965 novel is a quiet masterpiece about work and love.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who treasure quiet, beautifully written novels about an ordinary life.
What you will get
A calm, moving portrait that makes you appreciate work, love and small victories.
Behind the book
The novel appeared in 1965 and soon went out of print. It was reissued by New York Review Books in 2006 and later became a bestseller, especially in Europe.
Source: Wikipedia
Facts
Genre
Literary Fiction · University · Work · Marriage
Length
293 pages · ≈ 8 h
More about this book
Who
William Stoner, a professor.
World
The University of Missouri.
What makes it different
It is the quiet story of an ordinary life.
Feel
Spare and moving.
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