A must literature for the home, Classic literature set first in 1982 and has become so popular in the movies.
First published in a Czech edition in 1982, Prachaticka's illustrations were awarded the Premio Grafico prize at Bologna in 1984. The large dimensions (9.6"" x 13.5"") of the book accommodate the generous scale of the more than 30 finely detailed, full-page drawings. Very European in flavor, and with a sophistication that will appeal more to adults than to children, they are a felicitous translation of Carroll's curious blend of logic and fantasy, employing geometrically defined but oddly shaped scenes in juxtapositions inspired by both form and sense; figures that are at once concrete, fey, and dreamlike; whimsically mathematical perspectives accentuated by fine parallel lines to suggest light and texture; and a serene, petite, dark-haired Alice, who is indeed a ""Child of the pure unclouded brow/And dreaming eyes of wonder!"" An expensive edition, with dauntingly large pages of text, but certainly of interest to Alice fanciers, larger library collections, and students of illustration.
