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Contrapposto: A Novel
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A Sweeping Novel About Friendship, Love, And The Lifelong Pursuit Of Art From Dave Eggers, The AwardWinning, Bestselling Author Of The Circle, Hologram For The King, And The Eyes & The Impossiblecricket Dib, Born On The American Prairie, Has No Particular Prospects Or Ambitions Until, In Grade School, He Realizes He Can Draw. He Soon Meets A Girl, Olympia Argyros, One Year Older, Who Is Captivating And Brilliant And Far More Worldly. Recognizing His Talent, She Convinces Him To Deface, With Profound Vulgarity, A Popular Playground. Under Her Direction, He Does It Willingly, Already In Love, And Thus Begins A SixtyFiveYear Entwining Between Cricket And Olympia, Encompassing Friendship, Working Partnership And Love Affair. Together They Go To Art SchoolAn Experience Of Dubious ValueAnd Then Navigate The Art World For The Next Fifty Years, Together And Apart.Contrapposto Is A Moving And Very Funny Novel About Allies And Art, And What It Means To Be An Artist. All Through Their Lives, Cricket Sees Olympia As His Soulmate And Destiny, And While She Is Always His Champion, Romantically Her Eyes Are Always Seeking SomethingAnd SomeoneElse. Their Love Changes Over The Decades, But Their Commitment To Each Other, And Their Search For Meaning In The Making Of Art, Never Wanes. The Novel Spans The Globe, From New York To Cambodia, Indiana To Paris, And Follows Cricket And Olympia Through Sickness And Health, War And Death.The Novel Is A Wild And Beautiful Examination Of The Rules And Market Forces Of The Art World, But Chiefly ItS About Two Friends Who Believe They Can Change That World, And Bring New Meaning To It, If Only They Can Start Their Own Movement, Dodge Charlatans, Remain OpenEyed And OpenHearted, Avoid Going Mad, Avoid Dying Young Of Rare Cancers, Stay True To Their Ideals, And Never Tire Of Beauty. Not Easy, But Not Impossible, Either.
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