![]() ![]() No other novel of a great man’s life has so fascinated the American public for generations. Finally, it shows us Van Gogh driven mad, tragic, and triumphant at once. Even though the dialogue is fictional, it is based on truth. The novel takes us from his desperate days in a coal mine in southern Belgium to his dazzling years in the south of France, where he knew the most brilliant artists (and the most depraved whores). No artist has been more ruthlessly driven by his creative urge, nor more isolated by it from most ordinary sources of human happiness, than Vincent Van Gogh. I have just completed reading Irving Stone’s magnificent biographical novel of the life of Vincent van Gogh Lust for Life. ![]() Stones text is based on van Goghs correspondence with his. Here is his tempestuous story: his dramatic life, his fevered loves for both the highest-born women and the lowest prostitutes, and his paintings-for which he was damned before being proclaimed a genius. Lust for Life is a biography of Vincent van Gogh by Irving Stone. The most famous of all of Stone’s novels, it is the story of Vincent Van Gogh-brilliant painter, passionate lover, and alleged madman. Since its initial publication in 1934, Irving Stone’s Lust for Life has been a critical success, a multimillion-copy bestseller, and the basis for an Academy Award-winning movie. LUST FOR LIFE: THE NOVEL OF VINCENT VAN GOGH written by Irving Stone published by John Lane The Bodley Head (STOCK CODE: 1818934) for sale by Stella. The classic, bestselling biographical novel of Vincent Van Gogh ![]()
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