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New collection by William Styron
By M&C News Apr 16, 2008, 15:06 GMT
After the great success in 1990 of Darkness Visible, his memoir of depression and recovery, William Styron wrote more frequently in an introspective, autobiographical mode. Havanas in Camelot brings together fourteen of his personal essays, including a reminiscence of his brief friendship with John F. Kennedy; a recollection of the power and ceremony on display at the inauguration of François Mitterrand; memoirs of Truman Capote, James Baldwin, and Terry Southern; ...more
William Styron has written a collection of personal essays called Havanas in Camelot.
According to the NYT, these essays “are personal reminiscences that open windows on different periods of Styron’s life while shedding light on his ambitions and inspirations as a novelist: his early love of language and the magic tricks it could perform; his acute visual sense, developed during his orgy of moviegoing as a teenager; his attraction to the grand themes of crime and punishment and redemption, and big-boned historical narratives.”
Publishers Weekly has said, “Styron is known to most readers for his bestselling novels and painful etching of his bouts with crippling depression in Darkness Visible. These essays open up an entirely new territory to explore and appreciate for the fan and general reader alike.”
Published by Random House, perhaps one of Styron’s most well known works is his 1979 novel Sophie’s Choice, which was made into a film starring Meryl Streep.
More can be read courtesy of the NYT article.
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