Books by William Clark Styron
Darkness Visible
by William Clark Styron
Darkness Visible by William Styron is a memoir about his own terrible depression. Styron was a gifted novelist and author (his most well-known novel was probably Sophie's Choice) and Darkness Visible is one of the most brilliant books for conveying what depression is actually like for the person going through it.
Interviews where books by William Clark Styron were recommended
The best books on Pain, recommended by David Biro
The professor of dermatology talks about the ferocious inwardness and aching solitude of pain. Pain destroys language, reducing the sufferer to a pre-linguistic state: to primal screams
The best books on Science, recommended by Lewis Wolpert
The Emeritus Professor of Biology at University College, London, talks about five science books that he loves. Touches on subjects ranging from evolutionary biology and neuro-science to risk and religion
Books About Suicide, recommended by Johanna Reiss
As a young Dutch Jewish girl, Johanna Reiss survived World War II hidden in the attic of a farmer called Johan Oosterveld. Her memoir of that time, The Upstairs Room, is still read in schools today. But while she was researching that book in 1969, her American husband, Jim, killed himself. In this interview, she recommends books on the painful subject of suicide, as well as the music that helped heal the pain.
