Lie Down in Darkness - Couverture souple

Styron, William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0679735976 ISBN 13 : 9780679735977

Editeur : Vintage, 1992

Synopsis

Lie down in Darkness Styron's novels--such as Confessions of Nat Turner and Sophie's Choice--have established him as a writer of international stature. Here he traces the betrayals, spite and disappointed love that afflict the members of a Southern family and that culminate in the suicide of the beautiful Peyton Loftis. Full description

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

William Styron (1925-2006), a native of the Virginia Tidewater, was a graduate of Duke University and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. His books include Lie Down in Darkness, The Long March, Set This House on Fire, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Sophie’s Choice, This Quiet Dust, Darkness Visible, and A Tidewater Morning. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the Howells Medal, the American Book Award, the Légion d’Honneur, and the Witness to Justice Award from the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation. With his wife, the poet and activist Rose Styron, he lived for most of his adult life in Roxbury, Connecticut, and in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, where he is buried.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

William Styron traces the betrayals and infidelities--the heritage of spite and endlessly disappointed love--that afflict the members of a Southern family and that culminate in the suicide of the beautiful Peyton Loftis.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Vintage
• Date d'édition: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0679735976
• ISBN 13: 9780679735977
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 416