Sommeren 1947 på et billigt pensionat i Brooklyn. Stingo, en håbefuld ung forfatter fra Virginia, begynder at skrive på sin første bog. Hans fantasi stimuleres betydeligt af en voldsomt... Læs mere
This is a story of depression a condition that reduced William Styron from a person enjoying life and success as an acclaimed writer, to a man engulfed and menaced by mental anguish.
Sommeren 1947 på et billigt pensionat i Brooklyn. Stingo, en håbefuld ung forfatter fra Virginia, begynder at skrive på sin første bog. Hans fantasi stimuleres betydeligt af en voldsomt... Læs mere
In this extraordinary novel, Stingo, an inexperienced twenty-two year old Southerner, takes us back to the summer of 1947 and a boarding house in a leafy Brooklyn suburb. Ultimately, he... Læs mere
Sommeren 1947 på et billigt pensionat i Brooklyn. Stingo, en håbefuld ung forfatter fra Virginia, begynder at skrive på sin første bog. Hans fantasi stimuleres betydeligt af en voldsomt... Læs mere
How does a writer compose a suicide note? This was not a question that the prize-winning novelist had ever contemplated before. In this true account of his depression, he describes an illness that reduced him from a successful writer to a man arranging his own destruction.
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEIn 1831 Nat Turner awaits death in a Virginia jail cell. He is a slave, a preacher, and the leader of the only effective slave revolt in the history of 'that peculiar institution'.
Covering a career that spanned almost 60 years and many awards, including the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, this collection pulls back the curtain and provides readers with a unique view of the author's life.