num_pages: 84
description: 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.
language: English
title: Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
titlecomplete: Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
genres: Biography, American, Mental Health, Psychology, Nonfiction, Memoir, Health, Autobiography, Biography Memoir, Mental Illness
ratings_count: 28479
publisher: Random House