Contrapposto : a novel
Call Number
- FICTION EGGE (CEN, EAS, OSH, POW, WSQ)
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Publication Information
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2026.
Physical Description
423 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
Notes
"A Borzoi book"--Title page verso.