{"product_id":"9781784879143","title":"Stoner: A Novel","description":"Author: Williams, John \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781784879143 \u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK \u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2023 \u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 \u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 206mm x 137mm x 30mm \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003eVINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS- Bound to be beautiful\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautiful hardback edition of the iconic forgotten classic, the story of one man's ordinary, extraordinary life. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Stoner enters the University of Missouri at nineteen 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet with truthfulness, compassion and intense power, this novel uncovers a story of universal value - of the conflicts, defeats and victories of the human race that pass unrecorded by history - and in doing so reclaims the significance of an individual life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A beautiful, sad, utterly convincing account of an entire life' Ian McEwan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A brilliant, beautiful, inexorably sad, wise and elegant novel' Nick Hornby\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A terrific novel of echoing sadness' Julian Barnes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS- Bound to be beautiful \u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45496608686238,"sku":"UBD-9781784879143","price":36.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781784879143.jpg?v=1748232347","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781784879143","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}