Stoner
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Alfred Molina
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Written by:
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John Williams
About this listen
Waterstone's book of the year 2013
Colum McCann once called Stoner one of the great forgotten novels of the past century, but it seems it is forgotten no longer - in 2013 translations of Stoner began appearing on best-seller lists across Europe.
William Stoner enters the University of Missouri at 19 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.
Yet with truthfulness, compassion and intense power, this novel uncovers a story of universal value. Stoner tells of the conflicts, defeats and victories of the human race that pass unrecorded by history and reclaims the significance of an individual life.
A listening experience like no other, itself a paean to the power of literature, it is a novel to be savoured.
©2016 John Williams (P)2016 Random House AudioBooksWhat listeners say about Stoner
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- Meera Mandal
- 17-07-24
Content, story line and narrative.
Highly engaging, realistic and unpredictable. This, a life story of Stoner, is now one of my top choice.
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- Joysmita
- 13-04-25
I love this book!
This book follows the simple life of a person named William Stoner from his young age till his death. He is a simple man who doesn't really have a specific goal in life (I think many of us are like that, we don't really have a particular goal in life, most of the times we just.... kinda go with the flow). He let's his faith unfold itself and accepts whatever his life gives him without any complaints.
It is quite a sad story but with a reasonable ending. Even if his life is mostly sad, Stoner never complains and goes on.
I was thinking that I might end up with a hole in my heart after completing this book but I wasn't. I don't think any other ending would have done justice to the story and I am very happy that I stumbled upon this wonderfully written story.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-05-24
Amazing Narration
I just know that I will remember this book for a long, long time. It will be in my memory for a long time. This is now my all-time favourite. <3
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- Satvik Sinha
- 22-03-23
One of the best books I have ever read.
It’s a profoundly sad yet beautiful painting of words driven by destiny’s brutal dance macabre at the centre of which, drowns a beautiful soul, William Stoner.
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- Shivam
- 19-02-25
A Quiet, Heartfelt Story with Amazing Narration.
Even though it had its sad parts, overall, it was a really warm and cozy read. It's one of those quiet, slow-paced novels about mostly mundane little things in life that somehow stab you right in the heart and leave you reflecting on certain scenes long after you've finished. The narrator's voice was absolutely perfect and incredibly soothing, and his amazing performance made the experience even better.
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- SK
- 01-11-24
Unforgettable experience!!!
Unforgettable experience! So devastatingly superb, that the novel deserves to be on the top of modern classics!!!.
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- TheAtulMishra
- 18-03-25
Sad. But heartwarming.
A great story cooked on low flame, it has all the ingredients of being dubbed a modern classic.
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