Contrapposto by Dave Eggers #literature son of the village Squire

son of the village Squire

Jessica Miller is fascinated by the somewhat perplexing tendency of humans to end their own lives

It's a great story

the Berest family receive a mysterious

Contrapposto by Dave Eggers #literature son of the village SquireCricket 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, the beauty and rapture of art. Then 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.