Stoner -- Rare First British Edition
por Williams, John
- Usado
- Perto de Excelente
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Perto de Excelente/Near Fine
- Livreiro
-
Sacramento, California, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
London: Allen Lane, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The exceedingly scarce first British edition of this famous novel. Near-fine with slight shelf wear and one page of text with corner crease, otherwise clean and unmarked. In a near-fine dust jacket with lower corner of front flap clipped but publisher's printed price of £2.95 intact. An excellent copy. When initially published, Stoner sold fewer than 2,000 copies and was quickly forgotten. A translation by French novelist Anna Gavalda in 2011 garnered the novel international attention, and it became Waterstones' "Book of the Year" in Great Britain in 2012. Its reputation has subsequently continued to rise, and today it is considered a 20th century masterpiece.
Sinopse
John Williams (1922-1994) was born and raised in northeast Texas. Despite a talent for writing and acting, Williams flunked out of a local junior college after his first year. He reluctantly joined the war effort, enlisting in the Army Air Corps, and managing to write a draft of his first novel while there. Once home, Williams found a small publisher for the novel and enrolled at the University of Denver, where he was eventually to receive both his B.A. and M.A., and where he was to return as an instructor in 1954. Williams remained on the staff of the creative writing program at the University of Denver until his retirement in 1985. During these years, he was an active guest lecturer and writer, publishing two volumes of poetry and three novels, Butcher’s Crossing, Stoner , and the National Book Award–winning Augustus . John McGahern (1934-2006) was one of the most acclaimed Irish writers of his generation. His work, including six novels and four collections of short stories, often centered on the Irish predicament, both political and temperamental. Amongst Women , his best-known book, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and made into a popular miniseries. His last book, the memoir All Will Be Wel l, was published shortly before his death.
Avaliações
Em Jul 15 2014, um leitor disse:
Every line in this novel is necessary. It's that good.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Magus Books
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 008875
- Título
- Stoner -- Rare First British Edition
- Autor
- Williams, John
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Perto de Excelente
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Near Fine
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- 1st Edition
- Editorial
- Allen Lane
- Local de publicação
- London
- Data de publicação
- 1973
Termos da venda
Magus Books
All books sold are guaranteed and may be returned if customer is not satisfied. Customer must notify Magus Books within seven days of receipt that they wish to return the book, and it must be returned in the same condition in which it was received.
Sobre o Vendedor
Magus Books
Membro de Biblio desde 2005
Sacramento, California
Sobre Magus Books
Independent bookstore specializing in John Fowles and other modern first editions.
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