Lust for Life by Irving Stone Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Lust for Life
Book Review: What's all this babbling about? Best book I've ever read.
Summary: 5 Stars
As simple as that... this is the best book I've ever read. Read it if you like to read about Van Gogh, read it if you like to read Irving Stone, read it if you like to read at all.
Just do it!
Book Review: Wonderful, wonderful book
Summary: 5 Stars
I haven't read many biographies since I was in elementary school, but I suspect that even if I'd read hundreds, this would still rank as one of my favorites. Absolutely riveting, and it gave me a much greater appreciation and admiration for Van Gogh himself, his difficult life, his work, and his wonderfully indulgent brother, Theo. Highly recommended if you have the slightest interest in art and Van Gogh in particular.Book Review: a must read
Summary: 5 Stars
This was probably the most spellbinding book I've ever read. From the moment Vincent arrived at the Barinage, I became absored completely in the story of this man and couldn't put the book down. The 500 pages that span a 10 year period are dense with some of the best story telling I've seen, of a life that was truly fascinating.Book Review: a must read
Summary: 5 Stars
This was probably the most spellbinding book I've ever read. From the moment Vincent arrived at the Barinage, I became absored completely in the story of this man and couldn't put the book down. The 500 pages that span a 10 year period are dense with some of the best story telling I've seen, of a life that was truly fascinating.Book Review: is art worth it
Summary: 5 Stars
I was skeptical of the biographical novel, was it going to be cheap Hollywood style melodrama with graphic descriptions of Van Gogh's ear mutilation. No, it was a brilliant book, which illustrated the price for great art better than any book i have ever read. Van Gogh paid a heavy price indeed, his sanity, a normal life , and ultimately his life. It was his passion, his manic passion to create, not to imitate, that fueled his artistic genius. But what was it that inspired his passion to express his true feelings, celebrity, no, money, no he was indifferent ( though a serious sponge) , no it was alienation from the society, rejection by women, perhaps underlying his suffering a deep sense of emptiness. it was this emptiness that ignited his unquenchable passion to create, to express his perception of the world. However, when he had lost his passion for art, he was forced to reencounter his own emptiness, and as you will see, he could not handle this reality.This book is well written, though at times unrelentlessly depressing, you wait for some small good thing to happen and it never does, or rarely does. You also get a good impression, no pun intended as to how Impressionism was quite a revolutionary art form, ( though now its sadly becoming cliche and yuppiesaque)it avoids technicality while giving a good description of what Impressionism was or i suppose is.
This book left me in tears, and i think anyone would enjoy reading this book .