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A 1965 novel by John Williams about a Missouri farm boy who becomes a university English professor and lives a quiet, largely unremarkable life.
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Harry says Stoner is the anti-hero's journey: a quiet, mundane life, not a grand adventure.
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Harry says Stoner is the anti-hero's journey: a quiet, mundane life, not a grand adventure.
"You put me on to Stoner. That was a wonderful book. It's a book about so many things, but one thing is about picking the person you marry. It's such a flip of a book because most books you have the giant hero — you have the Joseph Campbe..."
Contrasted with the traditional Joseph Campbell hero's journey narrative structure
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"You put me on to Stoner. That was a wonderful book. It's a book about so many things, but one thing is about picking the person you marry. It's such a flip of a book because most books you have the giant hero — you have the Joseph Campbell — where..."
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