Lust For Life By Irving Stone

Lust for Life: A Novel of Vincent Van Gogh by Irving Stone (Paperback, Plume Books / Penguin Publishing Group, 50th Anniversary Edition, June 1 1984; ~512 pages) is a gripping biographical novel that illuminates the tortured genius of Vincent van Gogh. Based on van Gogh’s letters to his brother Theo and augmented by Stone’s decade of on-the-ground research, the novel charts his evolution from coal miner to visionary painter—exploring his artistic triumphs, turbulent relationships, mental anguish, and posthumous legacy. A literary classic since 1934 and adapted into a celebrated 1956 film starring Kirk Douglas, it remains one of the most emotionally powerful portraits of genius and suffering.