![]() 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). ![]() 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. 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. The classic, bestselling biographical novel of Vincent Van Gogh ![]() ![]() “A story of excruciating power.”- The New York Times ![]()
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