Lie down in Darkness
- ISBN
- 0552990647
Lie down in Darkness is a suicide victims, young women book by William Styron.
About this book
The story is set out in the south. The Loftis family members are waiting for the coffin of their daughter Peyton. The novel goes back in time through flashbacks and recollections uncovering truths and events leading to Peyton's suicide. Lie Down In Darkness is a post-modernist novel, a post-war account of the human state, an age of alienation, decay and meaninglessness. Neither society nor family nor religion nor emancipation nor ethics are able to save Peyton from an inevitable death.
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What genre is Lie down in Darkness?+
Lie down in Darkness is a Suicide victims, Young women, Young women -- Fiction, Families book.
What is Lie down in Darkness about?+
The story is set out in the south. The Loftis family members are waiting for the coffin of their daughter Peyton. The novel goes back in time through flashbacks and recollections uncovering truths and events leading to Peyton's suicide. Lie Down In Darkness is a post-modernist novel, a post-war acco...
Who wrote Lie down in Darkness?+
Lie down in Darkness was written by William Styron.