In this extraordinary novel, Stingo, an inexperienced twenty-two year old Southerner, takes us back to the summer of 1947 and a boarding house in a leafy Brooklyn suburb. There, he meets Nathan, a fiery Jewish intellectual; and Sophie, a...

How does a writer compose a suicide note? This was not a question that the prize-winning novelist William Styron had ever contemplated before. In this true account of his depression, Styron describes an illness that reduced him from a...

This is a story of depression a condition that reduced William Styron from a person enjoying life and success as an acclaimed writer, to a man engulfed and menaced by mental anguish. von Styron, William

Three stories are told: a young Southerner wants to become a writer; a turbulent love-hate affair between a brilliant Jew and a beautiful Polish woman; and of an awful wound in that woman's past--one that impels both Sophie and Nathan...

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...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEIn 1831 Nat Turner awaits death in a Virginia jail cell. He is a slave, a preacher, and the leader of the only effective slave revolt in the history of 'that peculiar institution'. von Styron, William

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all timeA 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...

"A Tidewater Morning: Three Tales from Youth" von William Styron ist eine Sammlung von drei autobiografisch inspirierten Erzählungen, die sich mit den Themen Jugend, Verlust und Erwachsenwerden auseinandersetzen. Die Geschichten sind in...

"Ich habe bis an die Grenzen des Erträglichen unter der Krankheit gelitten und bin doch zurückgekommen, um davon zu berichten." William Styron schreibt mit großer Aufrichtigkeit über seinen Kampf gegen die Depression, eine Krankheit, die...