A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller is 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 depression's psychic landscape, as well as the illuminating path to recovery.

A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller is 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 depression's psychic landscape, as well as the illuminating path to recovery. From the Trade Paperback edition.

A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller is 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 depression's psychic landscape, as well as the illuminating path to recovery. From the Trade Paperback edition.

In the summer of 1985 William Styron was overtaken by persistent insomnia and a troubling sense of malaise - the first signs of a deep depression that would engulf his life and leave him on the brink of suicide. Darkness Visible takes us on an unprecedented journey into the realm of madness. It is an intimate portrait of the agony of Styron's ordeal, as well as a probing look a...(展开全部)

威廉·戈尔丁(1911—1993)，英国作家、诗人，诺贝尔文学奖得主。早年毕业干牛津大学，二战期间在英国皇家海军服役，参与过多次重大战役。他的第一部长篇小说《蝇王》是其最著名的代表作，它和《继承者》、《品彻·马丁》等早期小说都堪称寓言或神话，表达了他关于人性恶的思想。而航海三部曲《航海仪式》(获1980年布克奖)、《近方位》和《船舱下的火》的故事都发生在19世纪一艘开往澳大利亚的轮船上，基调乐观。 戈尔丁着力探讨具有普遍意义的人类经验，揭示人性的缺陷。1983年，“由于其小说具有清晰的现实主义叙述艺术以及神话的多样性与普遍性，阐述了当今世界人类的状况”而获得诺贝尔文学奖。

詹姆斯·罗兹（James Rhodes, 1975— ） 38岁未成大名却写了自传，每章前面还用最伟大的作曲家和钢琴家为自己背书：巴赫、贝多芬、舒伯特、舒曼、肖邦、拉威尔……他到底是谁？ 他曾在18岁时得到伦敦市政厅音乐及戏剧学院的奖学金，却去到爱丁堡大学，完全放弃了钢琴弹奏且退学了一年。在巴黎的汉堡王打工12个月后，他去伦敦大学学院攻读心理学，随后在伦敦工作了五年。在毁灭性的精神崩溃致使他被精神疗养院收治之后，他再次拾起了钢琴。 他现在是一位备受赞扬的职业音乐会钢琴家、作者和电视主持人。他还录过五张唱片，但最享受的还是去世界各地的音乐厅现场演奏，对，穿着牛仔裤，在曲间与听众互动，讲讲跟曲子有关的故事，自己对曲子的理解。 这一切，都因为他年幼时不寻常的经历。 译者 周河清，毕业于上海音乐学院音乐学系，曾任编辑、作曲家助理、文案撰稿等。现教音乐、写稿子...(展开全部)

The personal memoir of a manic depressive and an authority on the subject describes the onset of the illness during her teenage years and her determined journey through the realm of available treatments. Reprint. 125,000 first printing. NYT.

The philosopher Antonio Negri is one of the preeminent thinkers of our time: his writings on class, socialism, and empire have had an enormous influence on contemporary political theory. His political activism and outspoken advocacy for the downtrodden have also placed him at the centre of some of the most dramatic developments in recent Italian history. Story of a Communist—th...(展开全部)

The philosopher Antonio Negri is one of the preeminent thinkers of our time: his writings on class, socialism, and empire have had an enormous influence on contemporary political theory. His political activism and outspoken advocacy for the downtrodden have also placed him at the centre of some of the most dramatic developments in recent Italian history. Story of a Communist—th...(展开全部)

A Mountain of Crumbs is the moving story of a young Soviet girl's discovery of the hidden truths of adulthood and her country's profound political deception. Elena, born with a desire to explore the world beyond her borders, finds her passion in the complexity of the English language -- but in the Soviet Union of the 1960s, such a passion verges on the subversive. Elena's home...(展开全部)