{"product_id":"contrapposto-by-dave-eggers","title":"Contrapposto by Dave Eggers","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCricket is just a shy kid who likes drawing when he first meets Olympia. She's older, more confident; she bullies him into some light vandalism and instantly he's in love. When they're together, they talk about their futures, how they're going to travel the world, and the beauty and rapture of art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen those futures start to arrive in unexpected ways, the years and decades pile up between them, the art world seduces and disappoints and frustrates them. And they have to figure out, again and again, what it is to be an artist, and who and what to love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a wild and beautiful novel about two friends who believe they can change the world, if only they can start their own movement, dodge charlatans, remain open-eyed and open-hearted, 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA book of profundity, humanity and ravishing beauty - the only kind of book I want to read\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e' - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eANDREW SEAN GREER, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Glorious and captivating, with Eggers' signature humour and precision,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContrapposto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etells a big and big-hearted story that counter-positions exquisitely the pain and exhilarations of love and the creative impulse. I loved this novel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e' -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLILY KING, author of Heart the Lover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book \u0026 Paper - Williamstown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47654491291797,"sku":null,"price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0451\/1701\/4165\/files\/book_8b109caf-053d-41c7-b608-0805bef3eeb9.jpg?v=1785483505","url":"https:\/\/bookandpaper.com.au\/products\/contrapposto-by-dave-eggers","provider":"Book \u0026 Paper - Williamstown","version":"1.0","type":"link"}