{"product_id":"this-quiet-dust-and-other-writings-paperback","title":"This Quiet Dust: And Other Writings - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Styron\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Styron is pre-eminent . . . in his instinct for tragedy and in his respect for the sheer force of human feeling.\"--Alfred Kazin \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In an age when much American writing was either glacially noncommittal or heremetically personal, William Styron persisted in addressing great moral issues with incendiary passion. Seriousness and ardor characterize all the essays in \u003ci\u003eThis Quiet Dust\u003c\/i\u003e, the first book of nonfiction by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eLie Down in Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSophie's Choice\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this edition, which has been updated with the inclusion of six previously uncollected essays, Styron covers a wide range of concerns; yet whether he is recounting his search for the historic Nat Turner, peering into the abyss of Auschwitz, navigating the battlefields of Vietnam and Chicago in 1968, or offering fresh assessments of Thomas Wolfe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, James Jones, and Robert Penn Warren, Styron is always a consummate literary stylist. One who is as engaging as he is engaged. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[Styron is] the most accomplished craftsman, and one of the most penetrating witnesses of our life.\"--\u003ci\u003eAssociated Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Styron (1925-2006), a native of the Virginia Tidewater, was a graduate of Duke University and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. His books include \u003ci\u003eLie Down in Darkness, The Long March, Set This House on Fire, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Sophie's Choice, This Quiet Dust, Darkness Visible\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Tidewater Morning\u003c\/i\u003e. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the Howells Medal, the American Book Award, the Légion d'Honneur, and the Witness to Justice Award from the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation. With his wife, the poet and activist Rose Styron, he lived for most of his adult life in Roxbury, Connecticut, and in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, where he is buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.02 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 04, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764172357920,"sku":"9780679735960","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0d68088375aed72933d6ccdf91f212c1.webp?v=1780244725","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/this-quiet-dust-and-other-writings-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}