The Yellow House

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Gayford s fascinating depiction of the Odd Couple of art
history is both moving and riveting DAILY MAIL
TWO ARTISTIC GIANTS. ONE SMALL HOUSE.
From October to December 1888 a pair of at the time largely unknown
artists lived under one roof in the French provincial town of Aries. Paul
Gauguin and Vincent Van Gogh ate, drank, talked, argued, slept and
painted in one of the most intense and astonishing creative outpourings
in history. Yet as the weeks passed Van Gogh buckled under the strain,
fought with his companion and committed an act of violence on himself
that prompted Gauguin to flee without saying goodbye to his friend.
The Yellow House is an intimate portrait of their time together as well as
a subtle exploration of a fragile friendship, art, madness, genius and the
reasons behind a shocking act of self-mutilation that the world
has sought to explain ever since.
Masterly a wonderfully alert and moving portrait MAIL ON SUNDAY
Profoundly absorbing. Gayford has... Tovább

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Gayford s fascinating depiction of the Odd Couple of art
history is both moving and riveting DAILY MAIL
TWO ARTISTIC GIANTS. ONE SMALL HOUSE.
From October to December 1888 a pair of at the time largely unknown
artists lived under one roof in the French provincial town of Aries. Paul
Gauguin and Vincent Van Gogh ate, drank, talked, argued, slept and
painted in one of the most intense and astonishing creative outpourings
in history. Yet as the weeks passed Van Gogh buckled under the strain,
fought with his companion and committed an act of violence on himself
that prompted Gauguin to flee without saying goodbye to his friend.
The Yellow House is an intimate portrait of their time together as well as
a subtle exploration of a fragile friendship, art, madness, genius and the
reasons behind a shocking act of self-mutilation that the world
has sought to explain ever since.
Masterly a wonderfully alert and moving portrait MAIL ON SUNDAY
Profoundly absorbing. Gayford has reconstructed these tumultuous
weeks the reader lives them day by day, almost minute by minute.
Delightful, utterly fascinating INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
Thoughtful and excellently unsensational with clever flashbacks
and pertinent historical asides' SUNDAY TIMES
Remarkable, erudite and thoroughly readable. Gayford has managed
to piece together as much as we ever might in the most convincing
way possible SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY
A gripping read, and an art historical thriller COUNTRY LIFE Vissza