William Styron: A Life by James L.W. West IIIRequirements: .ePUB, .MOBI/.AZW reader, 3.2 MbOverview: A compelling and authoritative portrait of an American literary master William Styron was one of the most highly regarded and controversial authors of his generation. In this illuminating biography, James L. W. West III draws upon letters, papers, and manuscripts as […]
Selected Letters of William Styron by William Styron, Rose Styron, R. Blakeslee GilpinRequirements: .ePUB reader, 2.6 MbOverview: In 1950, at the age of twenty-four, William Clark Styron, Jr., wrote to his mentor, Professor William Blackburn of Duke University. The young writer was struggling with his first novel, Lie Down in Darkness, and he was nervous […]
This Quiet Dust: And Other Writings by William StyronRequirements: .ePUB, .MOBI/.AZW reader, 2.7 MbOverview: In an age when much American writing was either glacially noncommittal or heremetically personal, William Styron persisted in addressing great moral issues with incendiary passion. Seriousness and ardor characterize all the essays in This Quiet Dust, the first book of nonfiction […]
Havanas in Camelot: Personal Essays by William StyronRequirements: .ePUB reader, 498 kbOverview: After the great success in 1990 of Darkness Visible, his memoir of depression and recovery, William Styron wrote more frequently in an introspective, autobiographical mode. Havanas in Camelot brings together fourteen of his personal essays, including a reminiscence of his brief friendship with […]
Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness by William StyronRequirements: .MP3 reader, 57 MBOverview: A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this best seller is William 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 […]