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Stoner
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Stoner is the life story of a stoic university teacher. It is quite inspiring I'd say, and Williams' ability to keep you invested in such a mundane story is Impressive.
I'd recommend avoiding reviews and describtions of this novel, as many interpret it as a sad story - with which I disagree - and thus miss the point. You should preferably go in blind and see for yourself what “the message� is.
I'd recommend avoiding reviews and describtions of this novel, as many interpret it as a sad story - with which I disagree - and thus miss the point. You should preferably go in blind and see for yourself what “the message� is.
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Quotes Bighomer Liked
“It's for us that the University exists, for the dispossessed of the world; not for the students, not for the selfless pursuit of knowledge, not for any of the reasons that you hear. We give out the reasons, and we let a few of the ordinary ones in, those that would do in the world; but that's just protective coloration. Like the church in the Middle Ages, which didn't give a damn about the laity or even about God, we have our pretenses in order to survive. And we shall survive—because we have to.”
― Stoner
― Stoner
Reading Progress
March 8, 2019
– Shelved
March 8, 2019
– Shelved as:
to-read
May 29, 2019
– Shelved as:
20s
May 3, 2020
– Shelved as:
quality-fiction
Started Reading
July 6, 2020
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Finished Reading
February 17, 2022
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