Books Tell You Why, Inc.

A handsome first Edition/First Printing in Fine condition housed in an alike dust-jacket.

This Quiet Dust is an autobiographical collection of short stories, essays, and poems by William Styron. The book is divided into four sections: "This Quiet Dust," "The Confessions of Nat Turner," "A Life Elsewhere," and "The Lie of the Land." Styron's writing is introspective and often dark, but he also has a lyrical way of describing natural beauty and the ways that humans interact with their environment.; 8vo; 305 pages.