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Lie Down in Darkness is the first novel by American novelist William Styron, published in 1951. Written when he was 26 years old, the novel received a great deal of critical acclaim. After graduating from Duke University in 1947, Styron took an editing position with McGraw-Hill in New York City. After provoking his employers into firing him, he ...
- William Styron
- 1951
William Styron (1925–2006), born in Newport News, Virginia, was one of the greatest American writers of his generation. Styron published his first book, Lie Down in Darkness, at age twenty-six and went on to write such influential works as the controversial and Pulitzer Prize–winning The Confessions of Nat Turner and the international bestseller Sophie’s Choice.
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Summary. Lie Down in Darkness made Styron’s reputation as a novelist. It was a brilliant first novel that showcased a writer in full control of his language, which fit into a perfectly shaped ...
Like all of Styron's novels, Lie Down in Darkness has an intricate, dramatically justified narrative structure. Although the point of view is omniscient (except for a second-person opening ...
4 de may. de 2010 · Lie Down in Darkness. William Styron. Open Road Media, May 4, 2010 - Fiction - 416 pages. This portrait of a Southern family’s downfall was the literary debut of the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Sophie’s Choice. A finalist for the National Book Award, Lie Down in Darkness centers on the Loftis family—Milton and Helen and ...
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- William Styron
- Open Road Media, 2010
Books. Lie Down in Darkness. William Styron. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1979 - Fiction - 416 pages. William Styron traces the betrayals and infidelities--the heritage of spite and endlessly disappointed love--that afflict the members of a Southern family and that culminate in the suicide of the beautiful Peyton Loftis.
13 de jul. de 2010 · Lie down in darkness, a novel by Styron, William, 1925-2006. Publication date 1951 Topics Young women, Suicide victims Publisher Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill
