his most famous novel is regarded as a masterwork of Western literature
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Sales come and go, and with them masterworks of every style, size, medium, and era.—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 8 Jan. 2026 Park Chan-wook’s latest masterwork is a wicked comedy of capitalism and homicide.—Ty Burr, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2026 That scintillating Jim Jarmusch movie, from 2019, a mashup of comedy, science fiction, horror, and apocalyptic rage amid brazen cruelty, is the kind of late masterwork that a longtime director occasionally unleashes if the stars line up.—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025 There’s no shortage of restomod operations in 2025, each dedicated to the pursuit of starting with canonical pieces of automotive history, and molding together the best technology, materials, and design to assemble sensational new interpretations of these masterworks.—Peter Nelson, Robb Report, 3 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for masterwork