Julian Barnes on Van Gogh

Julian Barnes reads his review of Van Gogh's letters. Read the review here: www.lrb.co.uk/v37/n15/julian-b...
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[@nancyblum12]

This guy is smug & has v little understanding of Vincent van Gogh.

[@retroactivejealousy-worldl1805]

Julian Barnes wasn't very helpful when I contacted him via his publisher. I told him about the condition Retroactive Jealousy and asked what had informed his portrayal of this in his novel -'Before She Met Me'. I also suggested he could take a role in helping people with this condition who identified with the character. He really didn't want to know. A great opportunity for helping people was wasted.

[@franklang3566]

Yes ma’am, he is not a painter nor an art major, but rather an impressionist with words, a writer.