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Van Gogh's ear : the true story / Bernadette Murphy.
Author
Murphy, Bernadette (Art historian)
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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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Marquand Library - Remote Storage: Marquand Use Only
ND653.G7 M874 2016
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Subject(s)
Gogh, Vincent van 1853-1890
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Biography
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Gogh, Vincent van 1853-1890
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Mental health
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Gogh, Vincent van 1853-1890
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Homes and haunts
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France
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Arles
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Biographies
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Summary note
"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.
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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.
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Gogh's ear
ISBN
9780374279691
0374279691
LCCN
2016941448
OCLC
953604508
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