Best illustrated books all over the world
In Nabokov’s free translation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the familiar story turns into something sharper and more enigmatic. Gennadiev’s illustrations follow this shift completely. His Wonderland is not whimsical but introspective — a place where dreams blur into unease. The figures seem caught between childlike play and adult disquiet. […]
The nineteenth book in the Robert Ingpen Illustrated Classics series is Alice Through the Looking-Glass, with illustrations that the artist created on the eve of the 150th anniversary of the first edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Robert Ingpen is the only Australian illustrator to receive the highest award in […]
Robert Ingpen’s Alice feels like a dream you once had and half-remember still. His illustrations soften the strangeness, turning Carroll’s mad world into something quietly magical. Each picture seems to pause the story for a breath — just enough to let you look closer and find the wonder in the […]
Original title: Приключения Алисы в стране чудес. Алиса в Зазеркалье The book includes two of the most famous works by the English writer Lewis Carroll – “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking-Glass”. The color illustrations were created by Irina Kazakova, a talented graphic artist whose works appear in […]
Thomas Perino is a French artist and illustrator who draws in a minimalist and abstract manner. His illustrations are reminiscent of Art Deco arabesques, referring to the pure geometry of Art Nouveau.
Original title: Приключения Алисы в Стране Чудес “Carroll’s book, in my opinion, is not a fairy tale. A fairy tale is devoid of paradox; it has a firm ethical foundation, and its plot is of the wandering kind. First, Alice is not a folk tale but rather a folkloric stylization. […]