| The Great Man Contributor(s): Christensen, Kate (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307277348 ISBN-13: 9780307277343 Publisher: Anchor Books OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2008 Annotation: Christensen pens a scintillating comedy of life among the avant-garde--of theuntidy truths, needy egos, and jostling for position behind the glossy facadeof artistic greatness--in this PEN Faulkner Award-winning story of a New YorkCity painter living in the heroic generation of the 1940s and 1950s. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008273609 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.28" W x 8.02" (0.77 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: National Bestseller and Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Oscar Feldman, the renowned figurative painter, has passed away. As his obituary notes, Oscar is survived by his wife, Abigail, their son, Ethan, and his sister, the well-known abstract painter Maxine Feldman. What the obituary does not note, however, is that Oscar is also survived by his longtime mistress, Teddy St. Cloud, and their daughters. As two biographers interview the women in an attempt to set the record straight, the open secret of his affair reaches a boiling point and a devastating skeleton threatens to come to light. From the acclaimed author of The Epicure's Lament, a scintillating novel of secrets, love, and legacy in the New York art world.
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