Lust for Life

Irving Stone
4.27
30,946 ratings 2,100 reviews
Lust for Life is the classic fictional re-telling of the incredible life of Vincent Van Gogh. "Vincent is not dead. He will never die. His love, his genius, the great beauty he has created will go on forever, enriching the world... He was a colossus... a great painter... a great philosopher... a martyr to his love of art. " Walking down the streets of Paris the young Vincent Van Gogh didn't feel like he belonged. Battling poverty, repeated heartbreak and familial obligation, Van Gogh was a man plagued by his own creative urge but with no outlet to express it. Until the day he picked up a paintbrush. Written with raw insight and emotion, follow the artist through his tormented life, struggling against critical discouragement and mental turmoil and bare witness to his creative journey from a struggling artist to one of the world's most celebrated artists.
Genres: Historical FictionArtFictionClassicsHistoricalNovelsBiography MemoirLiteratureArt HistoryAudiobook
431 Pages

Community Reviews:

5 star
15693 (51%)
4 star
9947 (32%)
3 star
3877 (13%)
2 star
910 (3%)
1 star
519 (2%)

Readers also enjoyed

Other books by Irving Stone

Lists with this book

Memoirs of a Geisha
Gone with the Wind
The Pillars of the Earth
Best Historical Fiction
7170 books25303 voters
The Hunger Games
Pride and Prejudice
To Kill a Mockingbird
Best Books Ever
74241 books275038 voters
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The da Vinci Code
Art & Artists in Fiction
918 books1097 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird
Pride and Prejudice
The Diary of a Young Girl