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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 616.85270092 EAN: 9780679643524 ISBN: 0679643524 Label: Modern Library Manufacturer: Modern Library Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 96 Publication Date: January 23, 2007 Publisher: Modern Library Release Date: January 23, 2007 Studio: Modern Library Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: 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. Product Description: 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. From the Trade Paperback edition. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Excellent compact book on symptoms of depression I was pleasantly surprized that this small volume gave me a clear grasp of how debilitating this condition can be. I am studying Clinical Psych in grad school and this volume gets to the point of the matter quickly. Rating: - This book is So helpful. It's Not "the blues" - it's a living nightmare!I have bought over 30 copies of this book, as gifts to friends, colleagues, and relatives. I hope you readers see that that is the highest recommendation one can give. It explains, in a very concise manner, major depression to those who have not experienced it. And an "Amen" from individuals who have experienced it. Depression is perhaps THE under-diagnosed illness of our time (along with diabetes). Yet the medical profession really knows little, and it is near impossible ... Read More Rating: - descriptive but a bit naive(This is from the recorded version, read by the author.) I have listened to this book several times over many years. I do think he does a fine job of describing the actual feeling of being depressed, and does a great service by saying it is at bottom simply indescribable, and also incomprehensible by people who have never experienced it. Thus the well-meaning admonitions to 'buck up', 'get a hold of yourself' and 'most people are as happy as they set out to be' are torture to the person suffering ... Read More Rating: - Definite insight...but it is a bit datedThe writing is excellent as you'd expect from Styron. The story short and to the point. It delivers a powerful vision of what extreme depression and suicidal ideation actually feels like. That said, I was a little disappointed somehow. The fact that Styron was a well known writer, living a life that most of us can't relate to, in a period now gone, somehow robbed the book of the power it probably had when it first came out. Rating: - Deep UnderstandingThis book gives a deep insight into Depression. Knowing that someone can be that "far gone" and come back is so inspiring. A knowledgeable read! 
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