I Am a Stranger on the Earth (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Arnold Dobrin
- First Published: 1975
- Time of Work: 1852–1890
- Setting: The Hague, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Belgium, Antwerp, Arles, St. Rémy, and Auvers
- Principal Characters: Vincent van Gogh, Theo van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Pastor van Gogh, Dr. Gachet
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: France or French people, Suicide, Nineteenth century, Art or artists, Mental illness, Brothers, Depression, mental, Painting or painters, Netherlands or Dutch people, Biography
- Locales: Paris, France, London, England, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Belgium, The Hague, Netherlands
Form and Content
In Arnold Dobrin’s I Am a Stranger on the Earth: The Story of Vincent van Gogh, the details of the artist’s life are chronologically presented in seven chapters and six self-portraits. The text is a meticulous account of the artist’s story, from his birth to his suicide with a pistol in a farmyard near Paris. The author recounts van Gogh’s frantic efforts to gain understanding from his parents and neighbors and his complete inability to conform to their standards. What was important to them was a matter of complete indifference to van Gogh. He...
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