New novel explores Van Gogh’s silent period (AP) “The - TopicsExpress

New novel explores Van Gogh’s silent period (AP) “The Season of Migration” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), by Nellie Hermann When Vincent van Gogh steps off the train in the coal-mining region of Belgium known as the Borinage, his artist’s eye is immediately captivated by his surroundings. “The haze of coal smoke made it seem as if night were falling; the black was so thick, I felt I could take grasp of it with my hand and pull free a piece,” he recalls in a letter to his brother. Van Gogh has not come to paint the region but to save souls. Before he was an artist, he was a minister, sent to bring comfort to the poor, hungry and desperate families who slaved in mines to warm the rest of Europe. His experiences destroyed his faith and led to the “Lust for Life” famously described in Irving Stone’s 1934 novel and later the Academy Award-winning film of the same name. Novelist Nellie Hermann doesn’t replicate the work of Stone and other biographers in the new “The Season of Migration,” but attempts to add to our understanding of Van Gogh with an imagining of a 10-month “silent period” in which he broke off communication with his younger brother, [...] newsinfl/new-novel-explores-van-goghs-silent-period/

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