Van Gogh's ear : the true story / Bernadette Murphy.

Author
Murphy, Bernadette (Art historian) [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First American edition.
Published/​Created
  • New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, [2016]
  • ©2016
Description
xiv, 319 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

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    "The best-known and most sensational event in Vincent van Gogh's life is also the least understood ... Murphy [posits], for the first time, the true story of this long-misunderstood incident, sweeping away decades of myth and giving us a glimpse of a troubled but brilliant artist at his breaking point"--Dust jacket flap.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Reopening the cold case
    • Distressing darkness
    • Disappointment and discovery
    • Almighty beautiful
    • Living in Vincent's world
    • Night owls
    • Monsieur Vincent
    • A friend in need
    • A home at last
    • The artist's house
    • Prelude to the storm
    • A very dark day
    • The murky myth
    • Unlocking the events
    • Aftermath
    • "Come quickly"
    • "Alone on the sad sea"
    • Betrayal
    • Sanctuary
    • Wounded angel
    • Troubled genes
    • "The certainty of unhappiness"
    • Epilogue.
    Other title(s)
    Gogh's ear
    ISBN
    • 9780374279691
    • 0374279691
    LCCN
    2016941448
    OCLC
    953604508
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