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