Bravo. One moment that has stuck with me from the book over the years: Stoner feels comforted when his daughter starts becoming alcoholic, because she will at least have something she loves.
I also highly recommend Williams other books Augustus and Butchers Crossing. The former is challenging but gripping , the latter a bit of a slog at first but then some of the most exciting nature writing of the century. Also butchers has a compelling meta narrative about fashion and commerce.
Yes that moment was grim and another point against Stoner's agency: like, for goodness sakes man, get a grip, grab your daughter and give her something better to love!
The horseradish reminded me of a line from CS Lewis. He says that it isn't necessary to justify all of the pain in the world. What is necessary is to justify the greatest pain that any one man ever suffered. And if that man's suffering can be justified for him, then all the pain in the world can be justified.
I think the same is true of meaning. All that is necessary is that each man find enough meaning in his own life to sustain himself
Bravo. One moment that has stuck with me from the book over the years: Stoner feels comforted when his daughter starts becoming alcoholic, because she will at least have something she loves.
I also highly recommend Williams other books Augustus and Butchers Crossing. The former is challenging but gripping , the latter a bit of a slog at first but then some of the most exciting nature writing of the century. Also butchers has a compelling meta narrative about fashion and commerce.
Williams was a treasure.
Yes that moment was grim and another point against Stoner's agency: like, for goodness sakes man, get a grip, grab your daughter and give her something better to love!
Thanks for the recs
The horseradish reminded me of a line from CS Lewis. He says that it isn't necessary to justify all of the pain in the world. What is necessary is to justify the greatest pain that any one man ever suffered. And if that man's suffering can be justified for him, then all the pain in the world can be justified.
I think the same is true of meaning. All that is necessary is that each man find enough meaning in his own life to sustain himself