Richly detailed account of a scholar's life in America for a unique literary perspective
Deep exploration of existential solitude and personal disillusionment
Moving story of love, loss, and redemption in a harsh world
Includes John McGahern's introduction and reading group guide for enhanced engagement
Summarized by Shop
William Stoner is born at the end of the nineteenth century into a dirt-poor Missouri farming family. Sent to the state university to study agronomy, he instead falls in love with English literature and embraces a scholar’s life, so different from the hardscrabble existence he has known. And yet as the years pass, Stoner encounters a suc
