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John Edward Williams (August 29, 1922 – March 3, 1994) was an American author, editor and professor. He was best known for his novels Butcher's Crossing (1960), Stoner (1965), and Augustus (1972), [ 1 ] which won a U.S. National Book Award .
Stoner is a 1965 novel by the American writer John Williams. It was reissued in 1972 by Pocket Books, in 2003 by Vintage [1] and in 2006 by New York Review Books Classics with an introduction by John McGahern. [2] Stoner has been categorized under the genre of the academic novel, or the campus novel. [3]
Butcher's Crossing is the second novel by John Williams, preceded by Nothing but the Night.It is considered by many to be among the first pioneers of a more "realistic" breed of western novel, along with a few other notable works including Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian and Oakley Hall's Warlock. [3]
[4] [3] While composing the rest of the work, Williams' first marriage was failing and his mother fell into poor health. He briefly moved to California, where he acquainted himself with American professor Alan Swallow, who published the novel and hired Williams as an associate editor. [3] Williams later distanced himself from the project. [4]
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Augustus is an epistolary, historical fiction by John Williams published by Viking Press in 1972. It tells the story of Augustus , emperor of Rome, from his youth through old age. The book is divided into two parts, the beginning chronicling his rise to power, the latter describing his rule thereafter, and the familial problems faced choosing a ...
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