{"product_id":"wild-thing-sue-prideaux-9780571365944","title":"Wild Thing","description":"\u003cp\u003eA TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, SPECTATOR, ECONOMIST, NEW STATESMAN AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025\n\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE POL ROGER DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2025\n\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024\n\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE FRANCO-BRITISH SOCIETY LITERARY AWARD 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Scintillating.' FINANCIAL TIMES\n\u003cbr\u003e'Immaculate.' NEW STATESMAN\n\u003cbr\u003e'Phenomenal.' PROSPECT\n\u003cbr\u003e'A heroic rehabilitation.' THE TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Wild Thing, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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":"Sue Prideaux","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":47993021989107,"sku":"9780571365944","price":32.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9780571365944.jpg?v=1762283370","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/wild-thing-sue-prideaux-9780571365944","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}