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This Quiet Dust

This Quiet Dust

Summary

In This Quiet Dust, the first book of non-fiction by the Pulitzer Prize-wining author of Lie Down in Darkness and Sophie's Choice, William Styron addresses great moral issues with passion and precision.

His writing is at once meditative and engaged, personal and erudite, whether he is covering the dark side of the American and European dream, exploring the greats of American literature, or exploring the nature of the American South. Throughout, Styron's warmth, humour and candour, coupled with a refusal to judge, make for stirring and stimulating reading.

Reviews

  • [Styron is] the most accomplished craftsman, and one of the most penetrating witnesses of our life
    Associated Press

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William Styron

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