A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading. - William Styron

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A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.

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About William Styron

William Clark Styron, Jr. (11 June 1925 – 1 November 2006) was an American novelist. He is most famous for two controversial novels: the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967), depicting the life of Nat Turner, the leader of an 1831 Virginia slave revolt, and Sophie's Choice (1979), which deals with the Holocaust.

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Alternative Names: William Clark Styron, Jr.
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