tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post1815871508620634843..comments2024-03-25T22:38:46.822+08:00Comments on in lieu of a field guide: Stoner (John Williams)Risehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-43636963087482238162012-02-03T22:57:36.249+08:002012-02-03T22:57:36.249+08:00Made you think of quitting blogging?! I think I ca...Made you think of quitting blogging?! I think I can imagine that kind of feeling. Thank god it didn't cross my mind while reading it; I was so absorbed by the harrowing scene itself. <i>Augustus</i> and <i>Butcher's Crossing</i> jumped to my wish list on the basis of this novel. Their subjects, so far from life on campus, are quite promising too.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-66192594408049331272012-02-02T07:17:55.648+08:002012-02-02T07:17:55.648+08:00Rise - vey nicely done post. Stoner (the character...Rise - vey nicely done post. Stoner (the character, not the book) really does seem to contain the entire human condition, or at least provides an acutely conscious example of what it means to be alive, committed to something outside of one's self, and mortal. I read this last year and joined the near unanimous of praise for it, even though Stoner's moving defense of his dissertation seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.com