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product_id: 31869779
title: "The Great Man"
brand: "kate christensen"
price: "KSh6210"
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reviews_count: 9
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# The Great Man

**Brand:** kate christensen
**Price:** KSh6210
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- **What is this?** The Great Man by kate christensen
- **How much does it cost?** KSh6210 with free shipping
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The Great Man

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## Customer Reviews

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    Complex & Satisfying Tale
  

*by J***A on Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2015*

I bought this book a couple of years ago and could not get into it at first but on a recent trip, I couldn't put it down. I'm so glad I gave it a second chance.When two biographers set out to capture the essence of Oscar Feldman, the theme of this book is immediately apparent; the impossibility of truly capturing the essence of a life. Often the finished work reveals more about the observer than the subject. Oscar and his art are chosen and Christensen does not shy away from exploring reasons and processes that determine how one artist's work becomes elevated over another.This is an unlikely tale that explores who loves what, why and how. Oscar, the celebrated painter and ostensible center of the universe turns out to be far less fascinating than the many women who adore him. The women are complex, intriguing and old, which is interesting in itself. Some even have the temerity to actually enjoy sex, something I find refreshing, although at least one reviewer disagrees, reflecting society's distaste for the aging - especially women.Christensen's sense of fun shows in her stylish prose, as does her obvious familiarity with the art scene. Her love of food and detailed settings provide the perfect backdrop for this many charactered, and complex tale. Somehow she manages to keep all these balls in the air, yet I never had to go back to situate myself. I'm looking forward to reading more of her work.

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    I loved Kate Christensen's The Great Man
  

*by J***S on Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2016*

I loved Kate Christensen's The Great Man, a graceful, smart and character-driven novel set in motion by the death of a renowned artist. The characters are the great man's widow and autistic son, his paramour (and mother of his two daughters), his sister (and fellow stellar artist), and others whose lifelong orbits around the titular character begin to decay rapidly away from the weaker gravity of his memory. In the resulting chaos there are collisions and near-misses and certainly damage is done. But when a dark secret about one of The Great Man's most famous works is revealed, it sparks a realignment of those other bodies into a new configuration that just might work. Spot-on dialogue, wonderful sense of place, lovely insights into what makes human life so interesting.

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    The ok book about  the terrible man
  

*by E***R on Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2014*

It was an ok read, not a great read but not an absolute waste of time either. It was primarily a character study and some of the characters were interesting. I enjoyed that it was written about and from the perspective of older women. Women who at the ends of their lives finally laid claim to their lives. It was fairly well written but every once in a while something discordant would be thrown in, leaving one with a kind of '...??er... what was that?' feeling. It was a decent book club book as it provided good fodder for discussion but not a stand out classic by any means.

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