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«A quiet classic», «The man who wrote the perfect novel»: sono solo alcune delle definizioni coniate per identificare l’autore di Stoner, dopo la clamorosa riscoperta di questo libro da molti ritenuto il suo capolavoro. Questo Meridiano, che raccoglie l’intero corpus degli scritti editi e inediti di John Williams, getta nuova luce sulla sua scrittura, mettendo in evidenza i legami profondi e osmotici che la caratterizzano. Oltre a evidenziarne la peculiarità, l’introduzione di Francesco Pacifico incornicia l’opera di Williams nel contesto della letteratura americana a cavallo fra gli anni Cinquanta e Sessanta del secolo scorso; si devono invece a Charles J. Shields la Cronologia e le Notizie sui testi. Oltre ai quattro romanzi già noti al grande pubblico (Nulla, solo la notte, Butcher’s Crossing, Stoner e Augustus) il volume propone le due raccolte di versi pubblicate in vita dall’autore (Il paesaggio infranto e La necessaria menzogna), cinque racconti mai tradotti in italiano e due frammenti del romanzo incompiuto Il sonno della ragione.
1550 pages, Hardcover
First published February 27, 2024
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John Williams
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John Edward Williams, Ph.D. (University of Missouri, 1954; M.A., University of Denver, 1950; B.A., U. of D., 1949), enlisted in the USAAF early in 1942, spending two and a half years as a sergeant in India and Burma. His first novel, Nothing But the Night, was published in 1948, and his first volume of poems, The Broken Landscape, appeared the following year.
In the fall of 1955, Williams took over the directorship of the creative writing program at the University of Denver, where he taught for more than 30 years.
After retiring from the University of Denver in 1986, Williams moved with his wife, Nancy, to Fayetteville, Arkansas, where he resided until he died of respiratory failure on March 3, 1994. A fifth novel, The Sleep of Reason, was left unfinished at the time of his death.
John Edward Williams, Ph.D. (University of Missouri, 1954; M.A., University of Denver, 1950; B.A., U. of D., 1949), enlisted in the USAAF early in 1942, spending two and a half years as a sergeant in India and Burma. His first novel, Nothing But the Night, was published in 1948, and his first volume of poems, The Broken Landscape, appeared the following year.
In the fall of 1955, Williams took over the directorship of the creative writing program at the University of Denver, where he taught for more than 30 years.
After retiring from the University of Denver in 1986, Williams moved with his wife, Nancy, to Fayetteville, Arkansas, where he resided until he died of respiratory failure on March 3, 1994. A fifth novel, The Sleep of Reason, was left unfinished at the time of his death.
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