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Published: Jan. 29, 2012
Words: 3,886 (approximate)
Language: English
Short description
"It wasn’t like Gustave to storm out of the flat when Lisette opposed him. Usually Lisette would flee to Margot’s place, returning a few hours later to find Gustave sulking and sauced, but eager to make up..." A century-old diary of a young woman’s frustrated marriage and infatuation with a wild painter named Vincent Van Gogh, gives a contemporary woman new insights into her own marriage.Extended description
"It wasn’t like Gustave to storm out of the flat when Lisette opposed him. Usually Lisette would flee to Margot’s place, returning a few hours later to find Gustave sulking and sauced, but eager to make up...""Benoit heard a dispute from the painter today, who claimed the Hotel Carrel overcharged him. Benoit ruled for the painter and the painter got twelve francs back from the hotelier. He can be a hero, my Benoit. The painter’s name is Van Gogh. A Dutchman. I’ve learned he’s taken a lease for rooms in that yellow house on Place Lamartine..."
A century-old diary of a young woman’s frustrated marriage and infatuation with a wild painter named Vincent Van Gogh, gives a contemporary woman new insights into her own marriage in this charming short story by Carolyn Burns Bass.
Tags
pregnancy, short story, historical, painting, victorian, diary, paris, consumption, van goghAvailable ebook reading formats
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Review by:
Audrey Cole
on Feb. 20, 2012 :
I loved the way this story moved back and forth between the two women. Great read!
(reviewed within a month of purchase)