Publisher |
Arrow Books Limited |
Publication Year |
2001 |
ISBN-13 |
9780099416425 |
ISBN-10 |
9780099416425 |
Binding |
Paperback |
Language |
(English) |
Weight (grms) |
250 |
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. A painter of genius, his life was an incessant struggle against poverty, discouragement, madness and despair.Lust for Life skilfully captures the exciting atmosphere of the Paris of the Post-Impressionists and reconstructs with great insight the development of Van Gogh's art. The painter is brought to life not only as an artist but as a personality and this account of his violent, vivid and tormented life is a novel of rare compassion and vitality.
Irving Stone
Arrow Books Limited