Bookreporter.com - LEAVING VAN GOGH by Carol Wallace

Bookreporter.com - LEAVING VAN GOGH by Carol Wallace

The intriguing novel "Leaving van Gogh" imagines what the good doctor might say in looking back on the two months in 1890 during which he tried – and failed – to rescue the painter Vincent van Gogh from madness. Author Carol Wallace's sympathetic portrait of van Gogh is secondary to that of Gachet himself, a man of science who marvels at the artistic talent of his 37-year-old patient. He treats van Gogh's mental illness with modern methods, at least for the late 19th century. His chief tool is a sense of compassion for the tortured soul.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/18/leaving-van-gogh-a-reveal_n_850708.html