The Diaries of Adam and Eve

Mark Twain



Francisco Meléndez (illustrations)

Written in a very humorous style, The Diaries of Adam and Eve prevails as one of Mark Twain’s greatest works. Through the personal story of the first inhabitants of Paradise, we witness their encounters, disagreements and accidents with unexpected surprise, the consequences of which are still regretted today.

Francisco Meléndez, a master of contemporary illustration, has depicted with great talent the Edenic couple in their thoughts and feelings, providing the story with pages of exquisite prints.



Adam’s Diary:
«This new creature with the long hair is a good deal in the way. It is always hanging around and following me about. I don't like this; I am not used to company. I wish it would stay with the other animals... Cloudy today, wind in the east; think we shall have rain... WE? Where did I get that word-- the new creature uses it.»

140 x 210 mm; 112 pp. Hardback
ISBN: 978-84-92412-68-6

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Francisco Meléndez

Zaragoza, 1964



He was awarded in 1987 with the National Illustration Prize for The Black Sheep and Other Fables. As author and illustrator of The True Story of the Invention of the Submarine, he received the LIBER Prize for Best Edited Book and was awarded the Silver Medal at the «Most beautiful books in the world» exhibition in Leipzig in 1990. He was awarded the second National Prize for Illustration in 1992 for Leopold’s Dream. In 1996, Meléndez gave up his career and chose to live in a monastery where he founded an educational and social organization promoting artistic work among children, outside of academic circles.

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