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Contrapposto : a novel / Dave Eggers.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - New Acquisitions Eggers Contrapposto
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eggers, Dave, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Friendship--Fiction.
- Friendship.
- Love--Fiction.
- Love.
- Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
- Interpersonal relations.
- Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Art--Fiction.
- Art.
- Artists--Fiction.
- Artists.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 423 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2026.
- Summary:
- Cricket 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 sixty-five-year entwining between Cricket and Olympia, encompassing friendship, working partnership and love affair. Together they go to art school--an experience of dubious value--and then navigate the art world for the next fifty years, together and apart.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Green fund bookplate.
- Other Format:
- Online version Eggers, Dave Contrapposto
- ISBN:
- 9780593803509
- 0593803507
- OCLC:
- 1548244860
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