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Characters:

  • William Stoner
  • Edith - Banker's daughter, Stoner's wife[1] x
  • Grace - Stoner's daughter[2]
  • Archer Sloane - Stoner's mentor[1] viii
  • Hollis Lomax - Stoner's frenemy[1] xi
  • David Masters - stoner's friend[1] xi
  • Gordon Finch - stoner's friend[1] xi

Themes:

Style:

  • Plain[1] vii
  • Clear[1] vii
  • Intelligent[1] vii
  • "Authoritative prose"[3]
  • Cool/Cold[1][4] (intro vii)

Critical Reception:

  • Author Ian McEwan calls Stoner a "very, very beautiful novel" and "the most extraordinary discovery"[3].
  • According to Charlotte Heathcote of the Daily Express, Stoner's renewed popularity was perhaps due to a "routine rejacketing by Vintage"[2]; however, Sarah Hampson of The Globe and Mail claims that 2006 reissue and 2011 translatioin into French sparked the book's resurgence[5].
  • Hampson claims that, in an era when people pursue success and fulfillment at all costs, Stoner reminds readers that what appears to be a failed life can really be noble and beautiful[5].
  • Williams' precise prose makes one man's emotions universally relatable[5][2].
  • Adam Foulds of the Independent says that Williams paces Stoner flawlessly - the rhythm of the narrative "flows like a river"[4].
  • Stoner was named Waterstone's Book of the Year for 2013[5][6].
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k McGahern, John. Introduction. Stoner. By John Williams. New York: New York Review Books Classics, 2003. vii-xiv. Print.
  2. ^ a b c "Book Review: Stoner by John Williams". Express.co.uk. https://plus.google.com/+DailyExpress. Retrieved 2015-10-26. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ a b "Novelist McEwan praises Stoner - BBC News". BBC News. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
  4. ^ a b "Stoner, By John Williams: Book of a lifetime". The Independent. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
  5. ^ a b c d "Stoner: How the story of a failure became an all-out publishing success". The Globe and Mail. https://plus.google.com/+globeandmail. Retrieved 2015-10-26. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ "Waterstones Book of the Year 2013 announced | Waterstones.com Blog". www.waterstones.com. https://plus.google.com/104518605237134368274. Retrieved 2015-10-26. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)