by John Williams · tapa dura · ISBN 9782842636449
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«Stoner» is the novel by John Williams, published by Le Dilettante in hardback (384 pages, in French).
William Stoner, son of farmers, arrives at the University of Missouri to study agronomy and ends up discovering literature, to which he decides to devote his life. The novel follows his career as a professor over the years and portrays a solitary man who finds in books a refuge from personal difficulties and the passage of time.
Translated from English (USA) by Anna Gavalda, the original novel was published in 1965 and this French edition appeared in 2011.
A read for those who appreciate character portraits, academic life, and novels that narrate the passage of time.
Hugh Ernest Leo Williams, known professionally as John Williams, was an English stage, film and television actor. He is remembered for his role as Chief Inspector Hubbard in Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder, as the chauffeur in Billy Wilder's Sabrina, as Mr. Brogan-Moore in Witness for the Prosecution (1957) and as the second "Mr. French" on TV's Family Affair in its first season (1967).
