The illustrations of this book were created by Manuel Monroy. How did these images add or subtract from your experience of the story? What makes the style of these images unique? How does the artist’s technique help convey the topic of the book?
Things to notice about the artistic technique:
- The ink-blotted texture of the lines, like waysides on a road or parties in a caravan.
- The gesture-like impressionistic nature of the images, like the verses of the novel, convey brief vignettes, forcing the viewer to imagine and wonder about the bigger story.