by John Williams · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429769319
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«Stoner» is the novel by John Williams, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (336 pages, in Catalan).
The novel narrates the life of William Stoner, a young man from a family of Missouri farmers who arrives at university to study agriculture and discovers his true vocation: literature. His existence is marked by teaching and a solitary life, with personal and family conflicts, with literature as his only passion.
Novel included in the El Balancí collection. Catalan translation by Albert Torrescasana Flotats. The original work was published in 1965.
Recommended reading for those seeking a literary fiction novel centred on university life and the intimate portrait of a character.
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).
