Leaving Van Gogh: a novel
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In the summer of 1890, in the French town of Auvers-sur-Oise, Vincent van Gogh shot himself in the chest with a revolver. He died two days later, at the age of thirty-seven, largely unknown despite having completed over two thousand works of art that would go on to become some of the most important and valued in the world. In this riveting novel, Carol Wallace brilliantly navigates the mysteries surrounding the master artist's death, relying on meticulous research to paint an indelible portrait of Van Gogh's final days—and the friendship that may or may not have destroyed him. Telling Van Gogh's story from an utterly new perspective—that of his personal physician, Dr. Gachet, specialist in mental illness and great lover of the arts—Wallace allows us to view the legendary painter as we've never seen him before. In our narrator's eyes, Van Gogh is an irresistible puzzle, a man whose mind, plagued by demons, poses the most potentially rewarding challenge of Gachet's career. Wallace's narrative brims with suspense and rich psychological insight as it tackles haunting questions about Van Gogh's fate. A masterly, gripping novel that explores the price of creativity, Leaving Van Gogh is a luminous story about what it means to live authentically, and the power and limits of friendship.
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Audiobooks
Biographical fiction
Drama
Fiction
Gachet, Paul Ferdinand
Gachet, Paul Ferdinand, -- 1828-1909 -- Fiction
Gogh, Vincent van
Gogh, Vincent van, -- 1853-1890 -- Last years -- Fiction
Gogh, Vincent van, -- 1853-1890 -- Mental health -- Fiction
Gogh, Vincent van, -- 1853-1890 -- Relations with physicians -- Fiction
Historical Fiction
Last years
Literature
Mental health
Psychological fiction
Relations with physicians
Biographical fiction
Drama
Fiction
Gachet, Paul Ferdinand
Gachet, Paul Ferdinand, -- 1828-1909 -- Fiction
Gogh, Vincent van
Gogh, Vincent van, -- 1853-1890 -- Last years -- Fiction
Gogh, Vincent van, -- 1853-1890 -- Mental health -- Fiction
Gogh, Vincent van, -- 1853-1890 -- Relations with physicians -- Fiction
Historical Fiction
Last years
Literature
Mental health
Psychological fiction
Relations with physicians
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9781588369437
9781461832225
9781588369437
9781461832225
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subject_facet | Audiobooks Biographical fiction Drama Gachet, Paul Ferdinand, -- 1828-1909 -- Fiction Gogh, Vincent van, -- 1853-1890 -- Last years -- Fiction Gogh, Vincent van, -- 1853-1890 -- Mental health -- Fiction Gogh, Vincent van, -- 1853-1890 -- Relations with physicians -- Fiction Psychological fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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title_full | Leaving Van Gogh : a novel / Carol Wallace Leaving Van Gogh A Novel Leaving van gogh [electronic resource] / Carol Wallace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | Leaving Van Gogh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_sub | a novel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | Drama Fiction Gachet, Paul Ferdinand Gogh, Vincent van Historical Fiction Last years Literature Mental health Relations with physicians |