Darkness Visible, William Styron
Darkness Visible, William Styron
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Darkness Visible
A Memoir of Madness

Author: William Styron

Narrator: William Styron

Unabridged: 2 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/04/2016

Synopsis

#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 Times

A 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.

About The Author

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jaline

This very small volume was not an easy read. Mr. Styron eases us into his own story by relating stories of other writers and artists who experienced deep depression. Some made it through but most did not. His stories are liberally laced with a depth of understanding that he acknowledged could only c......more

Goodreads review by Lawyer

Darkness Visible: When the Question is Whether Life is Worth Living William Styron, (June 11, 1925 – November 1, 2006) "Dying is easy. Comedy is hard.--Edmund Kean, (4 November 1787 – 15 May 1833), celebrated Shakespearean actor Preamble-Ja......more

Goodreads review by بثينة

ظلامٌ مرئي. يقوم العنوان على لعبة المفارقة، فما يعنيه الظلام حقًا هو ألا ترى، لكنك ترى الظلام، لا ترى غير الظلام. هذا هو ما يبدو عليه الاكتئاب من رأس صاحبه. الكتاب يحكي فصلًا من سيرة وليام ستايرون مع الاكتئاب والميول الانتحارية وما يطلق عليه اسم "المانخوليا". يطرح الكتاب سؤالًا جوهريًا.. السؤال الجو......more

Goodreads review by Mikol

It was August in the year 2000. I was about to enter the room for my final exam. This was the introduction to Unix and it was coming to an end. So was I. Tears flowing copiously, leaning over the second floor balcony, I was overcome with darkness, the likes of which I had never experienced before. I fi......more

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