Contrapposto by Dave Eggers

Some stories follow you home like the sound of the ocean. This is one of them.

From Dave Eggers, the award-winning, bestselling author of The Circle, A Hologram for the King, and The Eyes & the Impossible, comes a sweeping novel about friendship, love, and the lifelong pursuit of art.

Meet Cricket Dib, a prairie boy with no particular prospects until he discovers he can draw. Then he meets Olympia Argyros—captivating, brilliant, and a whole year wiser—who recognizes his talent and sets the two of them on a wild, sixty-five-year entwining of friendship, partnership, and a love that never quite plays by the rules.

Together (and apart), they navigate art school, the art world, and the better part of a lifetime. From New York to Thailand, Indiana to Paris, the pages carry you through sickness and health, war and death, triumph and heartbreak—all in pursuit of one impossible dream: to start their own movement and bring new meaning to a world ruled by market forces and charlatans.

It’s a story that’s moving and very funny in equal measure. A meditation on what it truly means to be an artist, and what it means to stay true to someone—and something—for a lifetime.

This is the kind of book you’ll want to linger over. Pour a cup of tea, find a comfortable chair, and let the salty air carry you somewhere else for a while.

A new hardcover release we’re genuinely thrilled to have on our shelves. Come browse it for yourself—we think it might just become your next favorite read.

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