Dear Theo, Edited by Irving Stone, with Jean Stone
Dear Theo, Edited by Irving Stone, with Jean Stone
1 Rating(s)
List: $24.95 | Sale: $17.47
Club: $12.47

Dear Theo
The Autobiography of Vincent van Gogh

Author: Edited by Irving Stone, with Jean Stone

Narrator: Clive Chafer

Unabridged: 19 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/13/2012

Synopsis

Each night, when the hours of painting and drawing were over, Vincent van Gogh put pen to paper and poured out his heart through letters to his beloved brother Theo, his confidant and companion. No thought was too small, no element of his craft too insignificant, no happening too trivial. It was all scrupulously recorded and shared. In these letters, Van Gogh reveals himself as artist and man. Even more than if he had purposely intended to tell his life story, Van Goghs letters lay bare his deepest feelings, as well as his everyday concerns and his views of the world of art. Irving Stone has edited the letters of Vincent in such a way as to retain every line of beauty, significance, and importance. It is my humble opinion that Vincent was as great a writer and philosopher, Stone says, as he was a painter.

Reviews

Goodreads review by William2 on August 14, 2017

An extraordinary document! What other inner view of a great artist's creative processes and life do we have like this one? (The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini perhaps, but it is boastful precisely where Dear Theo is introspective, materialistic where Dear Theo is threadbare, highly social where......more

Goodreads review by Yun on January 04, 2018

I finished reading Irvine Stone's Lust for Life within one day like finishing a page turner, but I spent long time to read Dear Theo - letters of Van Gogh - each time I turned the page, I heard myself saying: slow down, take time, and digest every word slowly, as if the sooner I finished reading, th......more

Goodreads review by Mevsim on February 09, 2018

Vincent Van Gogh'un Ocak 1873'den Temmuz 1890'a kadar kardeşi Theo'ya yazdığı mektuplarından oluşan eser. Mektup en sevdiğim türlerden biri. Yapısı gereği, okuyucuyu yazanın iç dünyasına çok çabuk buyur ettiğinden ve olanı biteni sansürsüz ilettiğinden vurucu olduğunu düşünürüm hep. Theo’ya mektuplar......more

Goodreads review by Sinem A. on January 21, 2021

Mektup okumanın ayrı bir tadı var. Hikaye/roman okumak; yazar-kitap-okur olarak bir rüzgar gülünün rüzgarda dönen yaprakları olmaksa Mektup okumak karşılıklı ip çeviren iki kişinin ortasına izinsiz atlamak gibi.. biraz aykırı bir keyfi var. İlk defa bir ressamın (sadece ressam diyerek onun çilekeş, do......more

Goodreads review by David on November 22, 2018

This is probably not something for the casual art fans who have gathered a summary of van Gogh's life from various library collections of his works. In fact, the first four hundred pages can be a rather "more of the same" struggle for Vincent's loyal devotees even though he is an excellent writer. Th......more

Add to Cart
Add to Wish List