{"product_id":"9781784879143","title":"Stoner : A special edition of the literary classic","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Williams, John \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Other, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 05\/10\/2023,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 320 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781784879143,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautiful hardback edition of the iconic forgotten classic, the story of one man's ordinary, extraordinary life. William Stoner enters the University of Missouri at nineteen to study agriculture. A seminar on English literature changes his life, and he never returns to work on his father's farm. Stoner becomes a teacher. He marries the wrong woman. His life is quiet, and after his death, his colleagues remember him rarely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet with truthfulness, compassion and intense power, this novel uncovers a story of universal value - of the conflicts, defeats and victories of the human race that pass unrecorded by history - and in doing so reclaims the significance of an individual life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A beautiful, sad, utterly convincing account of an entire life' Ian McEwan'A brilliant, beautiful, inexorably sad, wise and elegant novel' Nick Hornby'A terrific novel of echoing sadness' Julian BarnesVINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS: Bound to be beautiful\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42191662153772,"sku":"9781784879143","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/products\/9781784879143.jpg?v=1701351879","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781784879143","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}