![]() He uses suffering to strip back the layers of Stoner’s existence, until all that remains is the enduring ‘dignity of art that has little to do with his foolishness or weakness or inadequacy as a man’. Williams, though, is like a vengeful god. Literature becomes his life life stretches before him. And, purely on the intuition of that moment he decides to take the first step. ![]() He knows that if he grasps it with both hands, there will be a monumental change in his foundations. Initially studying agriculture at university, he has to take a compulsory English class – think woeful, GCSE days – and is touched to the point of epiphany by Shakespeare’s sonnets. ![]() William Stoner (titular character) is a farm boy. Set predominantly in early to mid-1900s Missouri, John Williams is the puppeteer behind the whole setup. ![]()
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