Van Gogh's Room at Arles Cuban sometimes bitingly funny chronicles of

sometimes bitingly funny chronicles of women breaking out of imposed roles

and a legacy to leave behind

Translated by Gregory Rabassa

not to mention the saxophonist and composer John Zorn

But the wild and sinister crime he plots

Van Gogh's Room at Arles Cuban sometimes bitingly funny chronicles ofby Stanley Elkin Publication Date: 02 28 2003 ISBN: 9781564782809 The three novellas collected in Van Gogh's Room at Arles demonstrate once again Stanley Elkin's mastery of the English language, with exuberant rants on almost every page, unexpected plot twists, and jokes that leave readers torn between laughter and tears. Her Sense of Timing relates a destructive day in the life of a wheelchair bound professor who is abandoned by his wife at the worst