Contrapposto by Eggers Dave [Paperback]

Contrapposto is a sweeping literary novel about friendship, love, art, ambition, and the difficult journey of becoming an artist. Cricket, a shy young boy who loves drawing, meets the older and more confident Olympia, and their intense friendship and love grows across decades as they pursue dreams of changing the world through art. As they encounter the seductions and disappointments of the art world, personal loss, illness, commerce, class, and the pressures of success, they repeatedly confront what it means to remain creative, idealistic, and true to the people and things they love.