Reviews round-up
Contrapposto
by Dave Eggers
5 of 7 critics positive
8 reviews: 2 raves, 3 positives, 1 mixed, 1 pan; 1 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
“his triumphant new novel”
Review: In a culture that commodifies everything, Dave Eggers' latest makes room for artistic bliss
“'a moving and clever novel'”
Contrapposto by Dave Eggers review: 'a moving and clever novel'
“profoundly earnest, funny and sexy read”
Contrapposto by Dave Eggers: A profoundly earnest, funny and sexy read
“Dave Eggers Returns to Form in ‘Contrapposto’”
Dave Eggers Returns to Form in ‘Contrapposto’
“An affecting novel 20 years in the making”
With Contrapposto, Dave Eggers delivers one from the heart
“proves he is talented — and rather pleased with himself”
Dave Eggers’s new novel is (almost) a heartbreaking work of staggering genius
“this portrait of an artist falls flat”
Contrapposto by Dave Eggers review – this portrait of an artist falls flat
Contrapposto by Dave Eggers — in defence of art without ambition
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