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Stoner

by John Williams · 1965

★★★★★ 5/5 · ALLO'S PICK
William Stoner enrols in the University of Missouri in 1910 and never leaves. This is the story of a life well-lived and mostly unremarked — a novel about the quiet persistence of loving something deeply.
Allo's take
Perhaps the most quietly devastating American novel of the 20th century. Williams writes about failure and dignity with more precision than almost anyone else.
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