The closed sea (Il mare chiuso)

This story recounts a recollection of the author: when he was a child, he didn’t feel nostalgic about the sea, as he could see it even from the window of his school. One day, a small whale becomes stranded while distracted by a mermaid singing. While some try to help it get back to the sea, it doesn’t manage to do so. Now the whale is in a museum and he sometimes misses the sea.

Libri da Parati ® (Wall books), registered trademark and design, are a combination of illustrated albums and art posters, printed on 100 x 70 cm typographic paper.

By unfolding the pages, you can follow the story until the last figure is unveiled: a poster to be framed and hung on the wall.

The folded sheet of paper is held in a die-cut and illustrated folder functioning as cover.

Alessandro Di Sorbo

A freelance Italian illustrator, Alessandro Di Sorbo works for publishers and music labels. Since 2011 he has drawn book covers for VerbaVolant and published the picture books Il mostro nell’armadio (2012), Il mare chiuso (2013) and Primavere (2014). For Editori Internazionali Riuniti he illustrated the picture book Favole per bambini pestiferi (2014). Selected for the Annual 2015 and Annual 2016 curated by AI – Associazione Autori di Immagini. Since 2015 he has drawn book covers for BiancaeVolta.

Alessio Di Simone

Alessio Di Simone was born in Pescara, Italy, and now lives in Rome with his family. Since he can remember, he has loved books, reading and stories. He also likes stories where the knights fight monsters and the monsters at the end are the good ones.

With Verbavolant Edizioni he published “Il mostro nell’armadio” (2012), “Il mare chiuso” (2013) and “Primavere” (2014), all of which illustrated by Alessandro Di Sorbo.

Series: Libri da Parati ®

Genre: illustrated book

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