Darkness Visible - Couverture souple

Styron, William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099285576 ISBN 13 : 9780099285571

Editeur : Vintage Classics, 2001

Synopsis

A description of the author's devastating descent into depression, this book is an intimate portrait of the agony of Styron's ordeal. It looks at an illness that affects millions but is still widely misunderstood. Styron reveals the anguish of a mind desperate unto death.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

'Tremendous writing. Honest and illuminating' 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. 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.

'Hair-raising in the manner of a tale of horror by Edgar Allan Poe' Daily Telegraph

See also: The Confessions of Nat Turner

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Vintage Classics
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0099285576
• ISBN 13: 9780099285571
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 112