bruno munari: in the darkness of the night

(nella notte buia)

Thanks to its intrinsic strength and the exceptional timelessness of the pictures, the book has now become a cult and a reference point in children's publishing. The reader is the protagonist of this fascinating research into the night, through the grass, into the underground grotto, moving with curiosity through the pierces and perforations in the paper towards the small light glimpsed in the distance. The different types of paper used and the simplicity of the images echo the mood of the story and lead the reader along the mysterious path of the 'darkness of the night'.

first published in 1956
hardback with pages of traditional, pierced and perforated paper
English

printed and bound in Milan, Italy