豆瓣评分:9.4
副标题: A Novel
电子书下载格式:mobi+epub+pdf+txt
作者:JohnWilliams
出版时间:2003-2-1
书籍简介:
The son of a Midwestern farmer, William Stoner comes to the University of Missouri in 1910 to study agriculture. He had intended to return home and take over his father's farm – but instead, inspired by the professor of English literature, he remains at the university to teach. Stoner tells of love and conflict, passion and responsibility against the backdrop of academic life in the early 20th century. Powerfully and movingly written, Stoner is a study of a dedicated man relentlessly committed to honesty in himself and in his dealings with others. The truth of one man's unassuming life can rarely have been captured with such skill and beauty.
作者简介:
约翰·威廉斯（John Edward Williams, 1922—1994），美国作家，诗人，学者。辍过学，当过电台播音，从过军。退役后入大学就读并获博士学位。
于1945年-1985年间在母校丹佛大学任教，教授大学英语及创意写作。曾编辑出版学术文集《文艺复兴时期的英语诗歌》，也创作过两本诗集。
一生只写了四部小说：《惟有黑夜》（1948）、《屠夫十字镇》（1960）、《斯通纳》（1965）、《奥古斯都》（1973，本书当年获得美国国家图书奖）。
对约翰·威廉斯的写作，英国作家朱利安·巴恩斯评论：“当我称之为‘绝佳’，我的意思是它们（《屠夫十字镇》《斯通纳》）已经超越了各自类型范围内的评价标准。”
