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William Styron
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Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness (Vintage) |
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English |
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Paperback |
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84 |
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1992-01-08 |
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0679736395 |
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Vintage |
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0.25 pounds |
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0.3 x 5.2 x 8.0 inches |
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A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller is Styron's true account of his descent into a crippling and almost suicidal 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.
Amazon.com Review
In 1985 William Styron fell victim to a crippling and almost suicidal depression, the same illness that took the lives of Randall Jarrell, Primo Levi and Virginia Woolf. That Styron survived his descent into madness is something of a miracle. That he manages to convey its tortuous progression and his eventual recovery with such candor and precision makes Darkness Visible a rare feat of literature, a book that will arouse a shock of recognition even in those readers who have been spared the suffering it describes.
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http://bookmooch.com/0679736395 |
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