{"product_id":"sue-prideaux-wild-thing-2024-hardback","title":"Sue Prideaux: Wild Thing [2024] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH, SPECTATOR, ECONOMIST\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNEW STATESMAN \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eTLS \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE POL ROGER DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2025\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA vital re-examination of the trailblazing and controversial artist Paul Gauguin - and the first full biography in over thirty years - written by the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eI Am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Gorgeously illustrated with 70 full-colour images*\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Scintillating.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Immaculate.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW STATESMAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Phenomenal.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePROSPECT\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A heroic rehabilitation.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Gauguin is chiefly known as the giant of post-Impressionist painting whose bold colours and compositions rocked the Western art world. It is less well known that he was a stockbroker in Paris and that after the 1882 financial crash he struggled to sustain his artistry, and worked as a tarpaulin salesman in Copenhagen, a canal digger in Panama City, and a journalist exposing the injustices of French colonial rule in Tahiti.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWild Thing\u003c\/i\u003e, the award-winning biographer Sue Prideaux re-examines the adventurous and complicated life of the artist. She illuminates the people, places and ideas that shaped his vision: his privileged upbringing in Peru and rebellious youth in France; the galvanising energy of the Paris art scene; meeting Mette, the woman who he would marry; formative encounters with Vincent van Gogh and August Strindberg; and the ceaseless draw of French Polynesia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrideaux conjures Gauguin's visual exuberance, his creative epiphanies, his fierce words and his flaws with acuity and sensitivity. Drawing from a wealth of new material and access to the artist's family, this myth-busting work invites us to see Gauguin anew.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prideaux, Sue","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50485695676755,"sku":"9780571365937","price":37.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/prideaux-sue-sue-prideaux-wild-thing-2024-hardback-9780571365937-1141450152.jpg?v=1740695898","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/sue-prideaux-wild-thing-2024-hardback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}