by Irving Stone · Rowohlt Taschenbuch · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783499110993
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«Vincent van Gogh. Ein Leben in Leidenschaft» is the biographical novel by Irving Stone published by Rowohlt Taschenbuch in paperback (336 pages, German).
Biographical novel portraying Vincent van Gogh both as an artist and in his personal dimension. Written from documentary sources, it follows his human relationships and his obsessive dedication to painting, with attention to psychological detail. The story was adapted into film with great success.
The work was originally published in 1934 as «Lust for Life»; this German edition dates from 1968 and belongs to the rororo Taschenbücher collection (no. 11099).
Recommended for Van Gogh followers and for those who enjoy fictionalised biographies of artists.
Irving Stone was an American writer, chiefly known for his biographical novels of noted artists, politicians, and intellectuals. Among the best known are Lust for Life (1934), about the life of Vincent van Gogh, and The Agony and the Ecstasy (1961), about Michelangelo.
