Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #121397 in Books
• Published on: 2001-04-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 108 pages

Victoria Glendinning, New York Times
Tremendous writing... Honest and illuminating’

Good Book Guide
The writing is energetic and vivid

Synopsis
In the summer of 1985 William Styron was overtaken by persistent insomnia and a troubling sense of malaise - the first signs of a deep depression that would engulf his life and leave him on the brink of suicide. Darkness Visible takes us on an unprecedented journey into the realm of madness. It is an intimate portrait of the agony of Styron's ordeal, as well as a probing look at an illness that affects millions but is still widely misunderstood. Through his remarkable candour and powers of description comes a true understanding of the anguish of a desperate mind. Darkness Visible is a bold and an ultimately uplifting exploration of depression's dark reality.