Van Gogh's Backward Tavern

Author: (USA) Tutan (Tutan/F.) / Lin Yinxing
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: Magical illustrations created from colored text. — Publishers Weekly A spellbinding blend of wonder and sorrow. — The New York Times Sex and Desire: A beautiful, mysterious novel where life and art intertwine in blood and tears. — Oscar de la Iguana This story, like its protagonist Ursula, is enigmatic and alluring. It is both a manifestation of imagination and a captivating love story. Tutan captures the frenzied passion of Van Gogh's paintings with inciting inspiration, while exploring the motivations behind artistic creation through serene contemplation. — Aric Koft Van Gogh's Backslider is an elegant and humorous novel that delves into humanity's obsession with morphine, alcohol, and art through dreamlike, retelling the tale of Beauty and the Beast with a satirical twist. — William Matthews To find the vanished Van Gogh, Ursula crosses brick walls and temporal barriers, traveling from the small village of Auvers in the late 19th century to the streets of New York City at the end of the 20th. With the help of "Louis," Ursula becomes acquainted with the modern metropolis, but when she tries to return to Van Gogh's side, she cannot escape the passage of time. The novel weaves together the protagonist's experiences in contemporary New York and a century earlier in Auvers. The author employs the cinematic technique of montage to connect scenes across different timelines in the story, guiding readers through the romance between Van Gogh and Ursula, their struggles between commitment and betrayal, and their journey through the joys, madness, melancholy, and despair of love. Amidst the interplay of reality and illusion, they together walk into the final day of Van Gogh's life.