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Darkness Visible
William Styron

Darkness Visible

A Memoir of Madness

Vintage Books (Jan 08, 1992)
9780679736394
| Paperback
84 pages | 132 x 203 mm | English
Dewey 616.85/27/0092
LC Classification RC537 .S88 1992
LC Control No. 91050032

Subject

  • Depressed Persons
  • Depression, Mental/ Patients/ United States/ Biography
  • Depression, Mental/ Patients/ United States/ Suicidal Behavior
  • Large Type Books

Plot

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A literary tour de force that chronicles a prize-winning author's descent into an almost suicidal depression."Compelling ... Harrowing ... a vivid portrait of a debilitating disorder ... It offers the solace of a shared experience."—The New York TimesA work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller is Styron's true account of his experience of crippling depression. Styron is perhaps the first writer to convey the full terror of depression's psychic landscape, as well as the illuminating path to recovery.