{"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\u003eButcher's Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e, now a major motion picture starring Nicholas Cage\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\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (1922-1994) was a professor of English and Lawrence Phipps Professor of the Humanities at the University of Denver and founding editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Denver Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e. His novels include \u003ci\u003eButcher's Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e (1960), \u003ci\u003eStoner\u003c\/i\u003e (1965), and \u003ci\u003eAugustus \u003c\/i\u003e(1972), co-winner of the National Book Award. \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Mendelsohn\u003c\/b\u003e teaches literature at Bard College and is a frequent contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAn Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic\u003c\/i\u003e, and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThree Rings: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50618484031762,"sku":"9781598537024","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_031c983b-4f33-4f10-a853-96ab5adf38af.jpg?v=1732536995","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/john-williams-collected-novels-loa-349-butchers-crossing-stoner-augustus-9781598537024","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}