Darkness Visible
Author: William Styron
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….Read More
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