Thursday, November 02, 2006

I apologize to all ...

... for not linking to this sooner: William Styron Dies. (Hat tip, Maxine Clarke.)

Here is the Times of London obit.

3 comments:

  1. Anonymous9:17 AM

    I've only read Sophie's Choice of his books -- I found it horrific and powerful but too long. I thought the WW2 bits worked better than the modern part.

    I read the Times obit on the train on the way to work this morning, a very interesting piece.

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  2. My sentiments exactly, Maxine. And I detested the film.

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  3. Anonymous8:13 PM

    I believe his best book was his memoir about depression, _Darkness Visible_. He really began the genre of such memoirs -- his came out in about 1990 and then there was a deluge of similar books (_An Unquiet Mind_, _The Noonday Demon_, and so on and so son). Styron did a lot to get rid of the stigma of depression with DV, and it is also a very beautifully written book.

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