ARGONAUT BOOKS

Contrapposto answers the question, "Why are novels irreplaceable?" From page one, I fell in love with its perfectly flawed characters, its big beating heart, its brain and its language. What a sublime act of fictionDAVID MITCHELLI've seldom read a book so engaging as Contrapposto. Eggers writes with a narrative sure-footedness that is very attractive, his central characters both fully alive and at the same time almost completely mysterious. The story's focus is on the visual arts, and love, and both, and its touch is no heavier than a hummingbird's. I couldn't see how he did itPHILIP PULLMANC...Read More