Darkness Visible
A Memoir of Madness
$54.39
- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
4 May 2001
Summary
‘Tremendous writing - honest and illuminating’ Victoria Glendinning, New York Times
This is a story of depression a condition that reduced William Styron from a person enjoying life and success as an acclaimed writer, to a man engulfed and menaced by mental anguish. With profound insight and remarkable candor, Styron tracks the progress of his madness, from the smothering misery and exhaustion, to the agony of composing his own suicide note and his eventual, hard-won recovery. Illumin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099285571 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099285576 |
| Author: | William Styron |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 4 May 2001 |
| Weight: | 880g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 10mm |
| Series: | Vintage classics |
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Hair-raising in the manner of A Tale of Horror by Edgar Allan Poe
“Hair-raising in the manner of A Tale of Horror by Edgar Allan Poe” Daily Telegraph “As short as a hangman’s rope and nearly as arresting - an essay of great gravity and resonance. Never has Styron used so few words so effectively” Newsweek
About The Author
William Styron
William Styron was born in Newport News, Virginia, in 1925 and educated at Duke University. He served in the Marine Corps during World War II and was recalled to service during the Korean War. After 1952, he lived mainly in Europe, before settling in a rural part of Connecticut. He died in 2006.
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