{"product_id":"the-yellow-house-9780141016733","title":"The Yellow House","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eREVISED AND UPDATED EDITION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Masterly . . . a wonderfully alert and moving portrait''\u003ci\u003e Mail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo artistic giants. One small house.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom October to December 1888 a pair of at the time largely unknown artists lived under one roof in the French provincial town of Arles. 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 buckles 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Yellow House is an intimate portrait of their time together as well as a subtle exploration of a fragile friendship, art, madness, genius behind a shocking act of self-mutilation that the world has sought to explain ever since.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Gayford''s fascinating depiction of the Odd Couple of art history is both moving and riveting'' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Profoundly absorbing. Gayford has reconstructed these tumultuous weeks . . . the reader lives them day by day, almost minute by minute. Delightful, utterly fascinating'' \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA drily witty, original and profoundly absorbing book\u003c\/b\u003e * Independent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wonderfully perceptive, revealing and touching book\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA story of such fascination on so many levels . . . Martin Gayford tells it vividly, intelligently and intelligibly\u003c\/b\u003e * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003eGayford's \u003cb\u003efascinating \u003c\/b\u003edepiction of the Odd Couple of art history is both \u003cb\u003emoving and riveting\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eGayford has reconstructed these tumultuous weeks . . . the reader lives them day by day, almost minute by minute. \u003cb\u003eDelightful, utterly fascinating\u003c\/b\u003e * Independent on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMasterly . . . a wonderfully alert and moving portrait\u003c\/b\u003e * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThoughtful and excellently unsensational\u003c\/b\u003e . . . with clever flashbacks and pertinent historical asides * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRemarkable, erudite and thoroughly readable. \u003c\/b\u003eGayford has managed to piece together as much as we ever might in the most \u003cb\u003econvincing \u003c\/b\u003eway possible * Scotland on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping read, and an art historical thriller\u003c\/b\u003e * Country Life *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732390195543,"sku":"9780141016733","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141016733.jpg?v=1719996672","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-yellow-house-9780141016733","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}