The man who wrote the perfect novel: John Williams, Stoner, and the writing life [First English-language edition] 9781477317365, 9781477317372, 9781477317389, 2006277278, 1980371377, 1477317368

WhenStonerwas published in 1965, the novel sold only a couple of thousand copies before disappearing with hardly a trace

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English Pages xii, 305 pages: illustrations; 23 cm Year 2018

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Table of contents :
Part 1. Nothing But the Night --
He comes from Texas --
"Ho, ho! wasn't I the character then?" --
Rough draft --
Key West --
Alan swallow --
Love --
Part 2. Butcher's Crossing --
The Winters Circle --
"Natural liars are the best writers" --
Butcher's Crossing --
Fiasco --
Part. 3. Stoner --
"It was that kind of world" --
"The Williams affair" --
Stoner --
Part 4. Augustus --
Bread loaf and "up on the hill" --
The good guys --
"Long life to the emperor!" --
Part 5. The Sleep of Reason --
Poem : "An old actor to his audience" --
"How can such a son of a bitch have such talent?" --
In extremis --
Epilogue. John Williams redux.

The man who wrote the perfect novel: John Williams, Stoner, and the writing life [First English-language edition]
 9781477317365, 9781477317372, 9781477317389, 2006277278, 1980371377, 1477317368

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