by William Styron
William Styron's Darkness Visible has been on my TBR list for years, probably since its release. He was one of the first authors to be open about his battles with mental illness, and having written a thesis on the seemingly inextricable tie between authors and suicide for a psychology seminar I need...
Honest, candid account of the author's devastating bouts of intense depression.
A poignant and well written depiction of the descent into depression.
The most spot-on description of depression I have ever read, refraining from overindulgent whining while simultaneously managing to avoid feeling clinical. Brilliantly done, honest and straight forward, Styron nails it. There is an elegance to the writing that adds a layer of heartbreak, allowing ...
Not bad, but pales alongside his fiction. And I don't find people's depression all that interesting (and usually neither do they). Lord knows we've all got our own.
Styron explains in detail and eloquence exactly how much depression sucks.
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