Characters:
- 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:
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].
- Adam Foulds of the Independent says that Williams paces Stoner flawlessly - the rhythm of the narrative "flows like a river"[4].
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- ^ 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.
- ^ 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= - ^ a b "Novelist McEwan praises Stoner - BBC News". BBC News. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
- ^ a b "Stoner, By John Williams: Book of a lifetime". The Independent. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
- ^ 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= - ^ "Waterstones Book of the Year 2013 announced | Waterstones.com Blog". www.waterstones.com. https://plus.google.com/104518605237134368274. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
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