{"product_id":"van-gogh-book-steven-naifeh-9780375507489","title":"Van Gogh","description":"Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith, who galvanized readers with their Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Jackson Pollock, have written another tour de force--an exquisitely detailed, compellingly readable portrait of Vincent van Gogh. Working with the full cooperation of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Naifeh and Smith have accessed a wealth of previously untapped materials to bring a crucial understanding to the larger-than-life mythology of this great artist: his early struggles to find his place in the world; his intense relationship with his brother Theo; and his move to Provence, where he painted some of the best-loved works in Western art. The authors also shed new light on many unexplored aspects of Van Gogh's inner world: his erratic and tumultuous romantic life; his bouts of depression and mental illness; and the cloudy circumstances surrounding his death at the age of thirty-seven. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Though countless books have been written about Van Gogh, no serious, ambitious examination of his life has been attempted in more than seventy years. Naifeh and Smith have re-created Van Gogh's life with an astounding vividness and psychological acuity that bring a completely new and sympathetic understanding to this unique artistic genius. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eVan Gogh: The Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Magisterial.--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This generation's definitive portrait of the great Dutch post-Impressionist.--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A tour de force . . . an enormous achievement . . . Reading his life story is like riding an endless roller coaster of delusional highs and lows. . . .  A] sweepingly authoritative, astonishingly textured book.--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Marvelous . . .  \u003ci\u003eVan Gogh\u003c\/i\u003e] reads like a novel, full of suspense and intimate detail. . . . In beautiful prose, Naifeh and Smith argue convincingly for a subtler, more realistic evaluation of Van Gogh, and we all win.--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Brilliant . . . At once a model of scholarship and an emotive, pacy chunk of hagiography.--\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003e(London) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE WASHINGTON POST - THE WALL STREET JOURNAL - SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE\u003c\/i\u003e - NPR - \u003ci\u003eTHE ECONOMIST - NEWSDAY\u003c\/i\u003e - BOOKREPORTER\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49513069019409,"sku":"CIN0375507485G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49808710271249,"sku":"CIN0375507485A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50074509771025,"sku":"CIN0375507485VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50133234286865,"sku":"GOR010424785","price":22.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52601564496145,"sku":"GOR014557792","price":19.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0375507485.jpg?v=1750942227","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/van-gogh-book-steven-naifeh-9780375507489","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}