Reseña del libro "Contrapposto: A Novel (en Inglés)"
A sweeping novel about friendship, love, and the lifelong pursuit of art from Dave Eggers, the award-winning, bestselling author of The Circle, Hologram for the King, and The Eyes & the Impossible
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.
Contrapposto is a moving and very funny novel about allies and art, and what it means to be an artist. All through their lives, Cricket sees Olympia as his soulmate and destiny, and while she is always his champion, romantically her eyes are always seeking something—and someone—else. Their love changes over the decades, but their commitment to each other, and their search for meaning in the making of art, never wanes. The novel spans the globe, from New York to Cambodia, Indiana to Paris, and follows Cricket and Olympia through sickness and health, war and death.
The novel is a wild and beautiful examination of the rules and market forces of the art world, but chiefly it’s about two friends who believe they can change that world, and bring new meaning to it, 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.
Dave Eggers (Boston, 1970) es un escritor, editor y editor estadounidense. Es autor de numerosas obras, entre ellas Una historia conmovedora, asombrosa y genial, Qué es el qué, Un holograma para el rey, El círculo y El ojo y lo imposible, novela por la que recibió la Medalla Newbery en 2024.
Fundó McSweeney’s, una editorial independiente dedicada a la literatura y el humor, y junto con Nínive Calegari creó 826 Valencia, un centro de escritura y tutoría para jóvenes que dio origen a una red de iniciativas similares en distintos países. También fundó ScholarMatch, organización dedicada a facilitar el acceso de estudiantes a la educación superior. A lo largo de su trayectoria ha recibido, entre otros reconocimientos, el American Book Award y el Dayton Literary Peace Prize, y ha sido finalista del National Book Award y del Pulitzer.
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