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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A novelised version of Michelangelo's life, but interesting and informative as a result. ( ) Irving's writing is clumsy and not well crafted. I finished his Lust for Life because I love Vincent and will read anything about him. But I didn't find Michaelangelo such a personable character (this has nothing to do with his genius and his art), not to mention that this is a seriously long book. If the writing were elegant or the character more engaging, I might have read on. I chose the book to read with one of the Goodreads groups, but seemed to be the only one reading. Now I know why. Very biographical novel about the famous artist. Stone gives our hero a tepid and unconvincing heterosexual unhappy love affair. Mostly, when not checking off the major artworks, the novel is about MA's lifelong struggle with authority figures, and manages to have prctically no details about sculpture. The movie was better, as it had the enliving prescence of Rex Harrison. Buen libro, en su mayorÃa entretenido, pero para mi fue poco emotivo, nada que ver con el “Anhelo de Vivirâ€. En el libro “Anhelo de Vivir†siento que el autor trabajo mas en los diálogos y pensamientos de los personajes, en la esencia de los personajes, fueron un poco mas modernizados (por asà decirlo), o probable me identifique mas en algunas ocasiones. no reviews | add a review
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This is Irving Stone's powerful and passionate biographical novel of Michelangelo. His time: the turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring popes, the all-powerful Medici family, the fanatic monk Savonarola. His loves: the frail and lovely daughter of Lorenzo de Medici; the ardent mistress of Marco Aldovrandi; and his last love—his greatest love—the beautiful, unhappy Vittoria Colonna. His genius: a God-driven fury from which he wrested the greatest art the world has ever known. Michelangelo Buonarotti, creator of "David", painter of the Sistine ceiling, architect of the dome of St Peter's, lives once more in Irving Stone's marvellous book. No library descriptions found. |
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