{"product_id":"john-williams-collected-novels-loa-349-isbn-9781598537024","title":"John Williams: Collected Novels (LOA #349)","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\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.","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299827208421,"sku":"NP9781598537024","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781598537024.jpg?v=1767730452","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/john-williams-collected-novels-loa-349-isbn-9781598537024","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}