The Noonday Demon
{{Short description|Book by Andrew Solomon}}
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| authors = Andrew Solomon
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| language = English
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| subject = major depressive disorder
| genre = nonfiction
| publisher = Simon & Schuster
| release_date = 2001
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| isbn = 9780684854663
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The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression is a memoir written by Andrew Solomon and first published under the Scribner imprint of New York's Simon & Schuster publishing house in 2001. There was a later paperback under the Touchstone imprint. The Noonday Demon examines the personal, cultural, and scientific aspects of depression through Solomon's published interviews with depression sufferers, doctors, research scientists, politicians, and pharmaceutical researchers.{{Citation | url = http://www.noondaydemon.com/ | type = official World Wide Web site | title = The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression}}.
It is an outgrowth of Solomon's 1998 New Yorker article on depression.
Reception
The Noonday Demon received positive critical response, being described by The New York Times as "a book of remarkable scope, depth, breadth, and vitality." The book was honored in 2001 with the National Book Award for Nonfiction{{Citation | url = https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-2001 | title = National Book Awards | year = 2001 | publisher = National Book Foundation | accessdate = 2012-02-20}} (with acceptance speech.)
and the Lambda Literary Award for autobiography or memoir. In 2002 it was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.{{Citation | url = http://www.pulitzer.org/cyear/2002f.html | year = 2002 | title = Finalists' list | publisher = Pulitzer Prize}}.
In 2019, the memoir was ranked 23rd on The Guardian{{'s}} list of the 100 best books of the 21st century.{{cite web |title=The 100 best books of the 21st century |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/21/best-books-of-the-21st-century |website=The Guardian |date=21 September 2019 |accessdate=22 September 2019}}
Updated edition
A new edition was published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 2015 that added a chapter about new treatments for depression. The update was mentioned during an NPR Fresh Air interview with Solomon and a New York Times article he authored.{{Citation | url =
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/06/04/411978777/pregnant-women-with-depression-face-tough-choices-no-easy-answers
| type = official World Wide Web site | title = Fresh Air interview with Andrew Solomon }}.{{Citation | url =
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/31/magazine/the-secret-sadness-of-pregnancy-with-depression.html?_r=1
| type = official World Wide Web site | title = Andrew Solomon's article on pregnancy and depression | work = The New York Times | date = 28 May 2015 | last1 = Solomon | first1 = Andrew }}.
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Category:2001 non-fiction books
Category:Books about depression
Category:Lambda Literary Award–winning works
Category:LGBTQ autobiographies
Category:National Book Award for Nonfiction–winning works
Category:Simon & Schuster books
Category:2001 LGBTQ-related literary works
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