by William Styron · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070387656
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«Face aux ténèbres» is William Styron's autobiographical account of his depression, published by Folio in paperback (128 pages, in French).
Styron narrates in the first person his fall into severe depression: anguish, insomnia, a sense of inner chaos, and the temptation of suicide. He asserts the need to understand and support those who suffer from it, and recalls that recovery is possible.
French translation by Maurice Rambaud. Work originally published in English in 1990 under the title «Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness».
A work for those interested in writers' memoirs and honest testimonies about depression and mental health.
William Clark Styron Jr. was an American novelist and essayist who won major literary awards for his work, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1968 for The Confessions of Nat Turner.
