Books written by William Styron
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Las confesiones de Nat Turner
Confundido e intimidado, desvío rápidamente la vista. ... acompañadas al piano por la señorita Timberlake, al compás de Strike the Cymbal.
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The Confessions of Nat Turner: A Novel
Oh, I'm so miser'blel Ijest wants to die. But I'm skeered of dyin'. Kin all men have pride? Kin all men be redeemed?” “Yes,” I said, “all men can have pride. And all men can be redeemed—by baptism in the Spirit.
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The Collected Novels: Lie Down in Darkness, Set This House on Fire, The Confessions of Nat Turner, and Sophie's Choice
In Maryland, you see, unlike Virginia, they had a certain amount of legal gambling and you could put a nickel in this machine and bet on one of, oh, say a dozen tiny metal horses running down a track. I remember my mother had given me ...
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Sophie's Choice: A Novel
In Maryland, you see, unlike Virginia, they had a certain amount of legal gambling and you could put a nickel in this machine and bet on one of, oh, say a dozen tiny metal horses running down a track. I remember my mother had given me ...
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Set This House on Fire
... when asked one day by his elders why and how and whither all his nickels and his quarters and his dimes had so swiftly vanished, burst out the confession that they had gone, each one, not for candy or toys or Eskimo pies, ...
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Selected Letters of William Styron
Handpicked by his estate, a collection of the literary master's correspondence spans sixty years and documents major historical and cultural events as well as his receipt of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and other accolades.
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Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
Darkness Visible tells the story of Styron’s recovery, laying bare the harrowing realities of clinical depression and chronicling his triumph over the disease that had claimed so many great writers before him.
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Havanas in Camelot: Personal Essays
An anthology of essays by the award-winning late author furnishes a intimate glimpse inside the private world of the novelist in a collection that includes the author's experiences with fellow writers, his relationship with world leaders, ...
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A Tidewater Morning: Three Tales from Youth
And in A Tidewater Morning, Paul is thirteen and struggling to deal with his mother’s impending death from cancer.
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My Generation: Collected Nonfiction
These are the people and events, tragic and joyful, historical and intimate, that aroused Styron's unrivalled curiosity"--
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The Long March
This short novel marks another triumph by the New York Times–bestselling author of Sophie's Choice and Darkness Visible, who has been honored with both a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, among other accolades.
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This Quiet Dust: And Other Writings
This Quiet Dust offers a window into the philosophical underpinnings of Styron’s greatest novels and is the ideal entry for readers seeking a greater understanding into the work of one of America’s most celebrated authors.
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Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
The author chronicles his descent into depression, discussing not only his own experience and recovery but also how others can find help.
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Lie Down in Darkness
As Milton Loftis follows the hearse in which his beautiful daughter, Peyton, is being carried to the grave, a story unfolds about the degeneration of a tormented Southern family submerged in infidelity and vengeful love
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Letters to My Father
But Styron overcomes these difficulties and emerges as a confident young writer, ready to tackle his next project, the novel Set This House on Fire (1960).
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Depression
In this true account of his depression, Styron describes an illness that reduced him from a successful writer to a man arranging his own destruction.
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Inheritance of Night: Early Drafts of Lie Down in Darkness
Influence from William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Robert Penn Warren is apparent in the text, and there is a character present named Marcus Bonner who is an early rendition of Stingo in Sophie's Choice.
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The Long March ; And, In the Clap Shack
Two stories of soldiers, the one involved in a grueling thirty-six-mile march and the other relates the ordeal of a Marine accused of syphilis With stylistic panache and vitriolic wit, William Styron depicts conflicts between men of ...
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The Suicide Run: Five Tales of the Marine Corps
A collection of vignettes by the late Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author of The Confessions of Nat Turner is culled from abandoned manuscripts based on his experiences as a Marine and features characters who struggle ...
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In the Clap Shack: A Play
Inspired by Styron’s own experience, In the Clap Shack is a searing indictment of military brutalization and a brilliant defense of individualism and personal freedom from the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The ...