Stoner

作者: John Williams 著

出版社: NYRB Classics

出版时间: 2006-06

ISBN: 9781590171998

定价: 106.40

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 288页

正文语种: 英语

丛书: New York Review Books Classics

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>小说

WilliamStonerisbornattheendofthenineteenthcenturyintoadirt-poorMissourifarmingfamily.Senttothestateuniversitytostudyagronomy,heinsteadfallsinlovewithEnglishliteratureandembracesascholar'slife,sodifferentfromthehardscrabbleexistencehehasknown.Andyetastheyearspass,Stonerencountersasuccessionofdisappointments:marriageintoa"proper"familyestrangeshimfromhisparents;hiscareerisstymied;hiswifeanddaughterturncoldlyawayfromhim;atransformingexperienceofnewloveendsunderthreatofscandal.Driveneverdeeperwithinhimself,Stonerrediscoversthestoicsilenceofhisforebearsandconfrontsanessentialsolitude.JohnWilliams'sluminousanddeeplymovingnovelisaworkofquietperfection.WilliamStoneremergesfromitnotonlyasanarchetypalAmerican,butasanunlikelyexistentialhero,standing,likeafigureinapaintingbyEdwardHopper,instarkreliefagainstanunforgivingworld. JohnWilliams(1922-1994)wasbornandraisedinnortheastTexas.Despiteatalentforwritingandacting,Williamsflunkedoutofalocaljuniorcollegeafterhisfirstyear.Hereluctantlyjoinedthewareffort,enlistingintheArmyAirCorps,andmana
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WilliamStonerisbornattheendofthenineteenthcenturyintoadirt-poorMissourifarmingfamily.Senttothestateuniversitytostudyagronomy,heinsteadfallsinlovewithEnglishliteratureandembracesascholar'slife,sodifferentfromthehardscrabbleexistencehehasknown.Andyetastheyearspass,Stonerencountersasuccessionofdisappointments:marriageintoa"proper"familyestrangeshimfromhisparents;hiscareerisstymied;hiswifeanddaughterturncoldlyawayfromhim;atransformingexperienceofnewloveendsunderthreatofscandal.Driveneverdeeperwithinhimself,Stonerrediscoversthestoicsilenceofhisforebearsandconfrontsanessentialsolitude.JohnWilliams'sluminousanddeeplymovingnovelisaworkofquietperfection.WilliamStoneremergesfromitnotonlyasanarchetypalAmerican,butasanunlikelyexistentialhero,standing,likeafigureinapaintingbyEdwardHopper,instarkreliefagainstanunforgivingworld.
作者简介:
JohnWilliams(1922-1994)wasbornandraisedinnortheastTexas.Despiteatalentforwritingandacting,Williamsflunkedoutofalocaljuniorcollegeafterhisfirstyear.Hereluctantlyjoinedthewareffort,enlistingintheArmyAirCorps,andmana

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