Stoneer-John Williams

Simply, it is a story about a man who goes to college and becomes a teacher. But it is one of the most remarkable things you will ever encounter. "Tom Hanks - American actor." The novel "Stoner" was first published in 1965, and it is considered part of academic literature or stories set in university campuses, with details that touch on psychological anxiety and surrender to life's paths. Although the novel was not famous in the sixties and did not exceed two thousand copies initially, it was revived after nearly fifty years. The novel appears outwardly as an academic story, like a historical diary exclusively for academics. It has old-fashioned values, pre-war values, as it clings to conscience as the greatest virtue and reward in life. As for its prose, compared to Fitzgerald's lyrical style, it seems strict and precise; it contains nothing flamboyant but is capable of lasting like polished hardwood. It is a work with a flawless narrative structure, like an old house that others do not know how to build again. Despite the ease of the text, the novel "Stoner" remains not easy to read, not because it is obscure but because it is painful. Williams succeeded in forcibly depriving his hero of happiness in his marriage, his relationship with his daughter and his lover, the university student, and even in his job. And this was excessive cruelty. In one of the rare dialogues Williams conducted in his life, he said: "I believe he is a true hero. Many people who read 'Stoner' thought he only had a sad and bad life. I believe he had a very good life. It is a better life than many others have lived. He had feelings about what he was doing, and the most important part of the story was Stoner's sense of his work and his feeling of responsibility. The work that gave him his identity and shaped his being as he appeared." Affecting impact.