num_pages: 102
description: In the summer of 1985 William Styron was overtaken by persistent insomnia and a troubling sense of malaise - the first signs of a deep depression that would engulf his life and leave him on the brink of suicide."Darkness Visible" takes us on an unprecedented journey into the realm of madness. It is an intimate portrait of the agony of Styron's ordeal, as well as a probing look at an illness that affects millions but is still widely misunderstood. Through his remarkable candour and powers of description somes a true understanding of the anguish of a desperate mind. "Darkness Visible" is a bold and an ultimately uplifting exploration of depression's dark reality.
language: English
title: Darkness Visible : A Memoir of Madness
titlecomplete: Darkness Visible : A Memoir of Madness
genres: Autobiography, Mental Health, Psychology, Biography Memoir, Biography, Health, Memoir, American, Nonfiction, Mental Illness
ratings_count: 28476
publisher: Vintage Classics