"Stoner" was one of the great forgotten novels of American literature. Today, thanks to its rediscovery in 2006, the novel is a worldwide success.

Stoner tells the life of a man born as the son of poor farmers who eventually discovers his passion for literature and becomes a professor. It is the story of a modest life that left little trace. A novel about friendship, marriage, campus life, society, and ultimately about work. About the hard, relentless work on the farms; about the work that defines a person.