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Darkness Visible
William Styron
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Description for Darkness Visible
paperback. With profound insight and remarkable candor, the author 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. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSK; VSP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 88.
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. Illuminating an illness that affects millions but which remains widely misunderstood, this book is about the darkness of depression, but it is also ultimately about survival and redemption.
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. Illuminating an illness that affects millions but which remains widely misunderstood, this book is about the darkness of depression, but it is also ultimately about survival and redemption.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099285571
SKU
9780099285571
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About William Styron
Born at Newport News, Virginia, in 1925, William Styron was educated at Duke University. He served in the Marine Corps during the last war, 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.
Reviews for Darkness Visible
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
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