Informationen zum Autor John Williams was an author! editor and professor. Born in 1922 in Texas! he served in the United States Army Air Force from 1942 to 1945 in China! Burma and India. His first novel! Nothing But the Night ! was published in 1948. After receiving his PhD in 1954! Williams returned to the University of Denver where he first studied to teach literature and creative writing for thirty years. It was during this time that he wrote the novels Butcher's Crossing (1960) and Stoner (1965). His last novel! Augustus ! won the National Book Award in 1973. John Williams died in Arkansas in 1994. Klappentext MOST LOVED. MOST RED. Ten must-read modern classics. 'He learned silence and did not insist upon his love.' This is the great forgotten novel of the last century - a quiet book; the story of a quiet life. William Stoner is a man who learns to contain himself! but beneath the surface lie passions and principles. An undistinguished career! an unhappy marriage! a bitter conflict with a colleague; Stoner endures. He is a different kind of hero. This wise! moving story seethes with the power and beauty of an individual life. For nearly fifty years this book existed as quietly as its protagonist before it was rediscovered. It is now regarded as one of the most heart-stopping and beautiful classics of the twentieth century. Zusammenfassung Ten must-read modern classics.'He learned silence and did not insist upon his love.'This is the great forgotten novel of the last century - a quiet book; the story of a quiet life. For nearly fifty years this book existed as quietly as its protagonist before it was rediscovered.

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John Williams was an author, editor and professor. Born in 1922 in Texas, he served in the United States Army Air Force from 1942 to 1945 in China, Burma and India. His first novel, Nothing But the Night, was published in 1948. After receiving his PhD in 1954, Williams returned to the University of Denver where he first studied to teach literature and creative writing for thirty years. It was during this time that he wrote the novels Butcher's Crossing (1960) and Stoner (1965). His last novel, Augustus, won the National Book Award in 1973. John Williams died in Arkansas in 1994.

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Ten must-read modern classics.'He learned silence and did not insist upon his love.'This is the great forgotten novel of the last century - a quiet book; the story of a quiet life. For nearly fifty years this book existed as quietly as its protagonist before it was rediscovered.