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SELECTED LETTERS OF WILLIAM STYRON

R. Blakeslee Gilpin Rose Styron

This incredible volume takes readers on an American journey from FDR to George W. Bush through the trenchant observations of one ofthe country's greatest writers. Not onlywill readers take pleasure in William Styron's correspondence with and commentary about the people and events that made the past century such a momentous and transformative time, they will also share the writer's private meditations on the very art of writing.

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Book Published 2012-12-01 by Random House

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i first encountered Bill Styron when, at twenty, I read The Confessions of Nat Turner. Hillary and I became friends with Bill and Rose early in my presidency, and I continued to read him, fascinated by the man and his work, his triumphs and troubles, the brilliant lights and dark corners of his amazing mind. These letters, carefully and lovingly selected by Rose, offer real insight into both the great writer and the good man.

William Styron, the author of "Lie Down in Darkness," "The Confessions of Nat Turner" and "Sophie's Choice," among other books, died at 81 in 2006, devastated by a second long siege of the depression he had chronicled in "Darkness Visible." His most poignant book, though, might be the just-published compilation of hundreds of letters that he sent over a half century to kinfolk, teachers, lovers, editors and fellow writers. "Selected Letters"—which would be better titled "The Confessions of William Styron"—lets the reader glimpse what his widow, Rose, calls "his secret life." Read more...