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List Price: $11.95Amazon.com's Price: $9.56 You Save: $2.39 (20%)Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.85270092
EAN: 9780679736394
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
Sales Rank: 23501
Studio: Vintage
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Editorial Review:
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.
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.
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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.
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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
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(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
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The 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.
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This 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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