John Williams: Collected Novels (Loa #349): Butcher's Crossing / Stoner / Augustus

John Williams: Collected Novels (Loa #349): Butcher's Crossing / Stoner / Augustus - Hardcover

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John Williams: Collected Novels (Loa #349): Butcher's Crossing / Stoner / Augustus
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John Williams: Collected Novels (Loa #349): Butcher's Crossing / Stoner / Augustus - Hardcover

John Williams: Collected Novels (Loa #349): Butcher's Crossing / Stoner / Augustus - Hardcover

by John Williams
$45.00
$45.00

Book Overview

For the first time, a collected edition of the major works of John Williams, including the acclaimed novel Butcher's Crossing, now a major motion picture starring Nicholas Cage

John Williams's three major works have come to be recognized as modern American classics and are collected in this Library of America volume for the first time.

In Butcher's Crossing, he unsettles the conventions of the Western novel to tell the haunting story of a buffalo hunting expedition that exposes the savagery and greed behind the myth of the frontier.

In Stoner, he portrays power politics in academe and the quiet heroism of a midwestern English professor dedicated to the honest and dogged pursuit of his craft.

In Augustus, set in ancient Rome, Williams again takes on the subject of power--more particularly, in the author's own words, "the ambivalence between the public necessity and the private want or need."

Rounding out the volume are three essays by Williams on writing fiction and his speech upon accepting the National Book Award for Augustus in 1973.
ISBN9781598537024
Author John Williams
PublisherLibrary of America
GenreLiterature
FormatHardcover
PublishedOctober 2021
LanguageENG- English
Pages877
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About John Williams

John Williams (1922--1994) was born in Texas. He taught for many years at the University of Denver, where he was head of the creative writing program. Williams won the 1973 National Book Award in fiction for Augustus. His novel Stoner is also published as an NYRB Classic.

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