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Lust for Life (Paperback)

by Irving Stone (Author)
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  • Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Mandarin; New edition edition (1 Feb 1990)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0749302798
  • ISBN-13: 978-0749302795
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11.2 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 65,142 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This stands out among the advance Fall offerings by the amazing push that is being given it by almost everyone who has had a chance at an advance copy. The prepublication orders two months ahead of publication are sufficient guarantee of its initial push. And, more important still, it's a grand book. Remember the excitement caused by The Moon And Sixpence, which virtually put Somerset Maugham on the map? This book has the same sort of market, for it too is the story of an artist, Vincent Van Gogh, the Dutch painter whose life reads like a penny dreadful, so full it is of adventure and color and originality. Those who read Meier-Graefe's biography of the man, will feel on familiar ground, and yet not for a moment be bored; those who remember the chapter in Craven's Modern Art will have had just enough to whet the appetite for more. Those who have no interest in Van Gogh for art's sake, will find the story amazingly good reading, simply from the point of view of fiction. There is none of that sense of artificiality that only too often accompanies fictionization of biography. One feels that the conversations must have been exactly as presented, that the psychology back of the erratic proceedings is unerring. Watch it. There's a big chance here. And the publishers are standing back of it a hundred per cent. (Kirkus Reviews)

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This fictional biography records the turbulent and tormented life of Vincent Van Gogh. The author of "Depths of Glory" and "The Agony and the Ecstasy" attempts to recreate the Paris of the post-Impressionists, and reconstruct the development of Van Gogh's art.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Stone's Most Successful Bio, 1 Dec 2002
By Bruce Kendall "BEK" (Southern Pines, NC) - See all my reviews
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Irving Stone is not a "great" biographer. He doesn't provide copious bibliographic details or even pretend particularly to serious scholarship. But he does do his research. What Stone is is a very good storyteller. And the stories he tells, whether about Jack London, Heinrich Schleimann, Michelangelo or Freud, have always entertained and (yes) enriched me.

Van Gogh's biography, and it's companion-piece, Dear Theo, are particularly moving accounts of that great, tragic painter. I doubt if any artist ever despaired as deeply or more profoundly than Vincent. Stone captures the pathos of Van Gogh's few moments of exhiliration, followed always by days of dissilusionment and depression. Van Gogh was the saint and prototype of all struggling artists. The penury and neglect he suffered through shouldn't have to be endured by the mangiest stray animal.

It's one of God's great ironies (Faulkner's cosmic jester?) that Van Gogh's works are bought by Japanese investors and museum collections for umptold millions, whereas their creator, having climbed down to the last rung of despair, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

If you enjoy this book as much as I did, read Dear Theo. It reveals the extraordinarly tender love the two Van Gogh brothers had for each other. Theo was basically Vincent's sole means of support during the artists's latter years. Unfortunately, Theo was living in boderline poverty himself, had a family, and thus couldn't give much to Vincent save for a little bit of money and a great deal of moral encouragement.

Both of these books are infinitely sad, yet the redeeming aspect is that Vincent didn't live his life in vain, as he thought, and that the body of work which has survived ( many paintings were painted over - canvas was a luxury) is a testament to his genius.

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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The life & work of Van Gogh, 9 July 2001
By Scott C. White "music_dude88" (Deeeeetroit) - See all my reviews
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This is a good summary of the life on Vincent Van Gogh. I read this book to get some background for an upcoming vist to the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam, and it didn't disapoint. I would say that 90% of the things that happen in the book are true, the other 10% is made up of likely to occur dialog between Van Gogh and the other characters. Irving Stone did a great job of capturing the emotions of Vincent as he slowly progressed to madness. Also, as I hoped, the story is very focused in the art and how it developed throughout his life. If you are a Van Gogh fan or looking for a good introduction to his life and work, then this book is great. I can see how it would be boring for the person with no motivation to read it.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars It is autibiogrpahy of Vincent van gogh., 1 Aug 2000
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It is a very beautiful book and how the writer has narrated the incidents are amazing beautiful. The realtionship between van gogh and his brother is brought out beautifully in this book. I have read 3 times this book and it is truely inspirational. Infact this book lead me to read all books of Irving stone. Some of which i have read more than 2 times.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Lust for Life
A passionate book about a passionate person! One really begins to understand Van Gogh a little. What incredible drive! I would recommend this book to anyone.
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