{"product_id":"john-williams-collected-novels-loa-349-butchers-crossing-stoner-augustus-9781598537024","title":"John Williams: Collected Novels (Loa #349): Butcher's Crossing \/ Stoner \/ Augustus","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor the first time, a collected edition of the major works of John Williams, including the acclaimed novel \u003ci\u003eStoner\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eButcher's Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStoner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAugustus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRounding out the volume are three essays by Williams on writing fiction and his speech upon accepting the National Book Award for \u003ci\u003eAugustus \u003c\/i\u003ein 1973.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Library of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781598537024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 887","brand":"John Williams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41072044966069,"sku":"9781598537024","price":38.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_88701f38-f84e-479b-a5a3-d645b17c01ec.jpg?v=1632234267","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/john-williams-collected-novels-loa-349-butchers-crossing-stoner-augustus-9781598537024","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}