William Stoner enrolls into the University of Missouri with a plan to pursue agriculture, but his path eventually leads him to a career in teaching. Unfortunately, his marriage formed an unfortunate twist in his otherwise uneventful life. Posthumously, few of his peers show any lasting remembrance of him. With a story that captures the human experience, Stoner is an intriguing and heartbreaking look at the limits of ambition and what it means to be remembered. A thought-provoking and sad exploration of the dreams we dream and the memories we leave behind, Stoner will surely linger in the mind of readers.
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Author: John Williams, Introduction by John McGahern
