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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 616.85270092 EAN: 9780679736394 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0679736395 Label: Vintage Manufacturer: Vintage Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 96 Publication Date: January 08, 1992 Publisher: Vintage Release Date: January 08, 1992 Studio: Vintage Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com: 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - DisappointingIt would be lovely to believe that depression can be cured as it was for him. That all it takes is hanging in there long enough, and eventually it will go away. I can appreciate that this author feels that having gone thru what he did, that he knows what he is talking about, but sadly he doesn't. I don't know if his depression was a result of alcoholism. The way he writes, I don't think so, I think that the alcoholism was a result of the depression. I also don't think you are ever "cured" from ... Read More Rating: - Taking A Scalpel To DepressionI'll admit it - the first few times I tried reading Darkness Visible was a disaster. That long, overdrawn anecdote about his trip to Paris was as dry as and enjoyable as sucking on cardboard. Then, I made (or skipped) it to chapter two. Bingo. From there Styron starts talking about Camus, Hoffman and Levi, all of whom had an impact on his life. From there, I started getting some perspective. Styron can write, that's a fact. And the guy employs more interesting adjectives than Microsoft ... Read More Rating: - Darkness VisibleThis insightful book views suicide from the side of one who has suffered from a desire for self destruction. For the survivors of a suicide it is difficult to answer so many questions following the event, this book begins to answer questions of the thought process leading up to suicide. Another excellant book to consider reading on the subject is "No Time to Say Goodbye, Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One" by Carla Fine. It draws from the experiences of many who have been through it and offers ... Read More Rating:  - Thanks is not enoughI can't thank William Styron enough for this book. Suffering from depression myself, I had days in which I was counting breaths just to make it through the day. This book got me through another day in the darkest of places. Rating: - If you suffer from depression read this bookThis is the best book I have ever read on depression. I have read and re read it several times. The fact that Styron is such a good writer is what makes this so informative. And as someone else pointed out the fact that the book is small and short helps also. It is beautifully written. I always recommend it to anyone suffering from depression. I am sad to say I recently read somewhere that near the end of his life Styron's depression returned. He had not been cured of his depression. It just lifted for a time. ... Read More 
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