The Household Sprites Ivana Borovnjak, Ana Kovačić, Dubravka Ugrešić

The picture book for children and adults The Household Sprites is a collection of witty stories about small, invisible creatures that live in houses. The household sprites emerged from the folklore imagination, though in this book they live in an urban building. The expected perspective is altered: the characters of the stories are adults seen from children’s view mostly as strange and funny persons. The illustration characterizes the tenants, and leaves room for the imagination of the ghosts. The texts printed in the fifth color alternate rhythmically in the layout grid with a few content-driven interventions.

Dubravka Ugrešić

Ana Kovačić

Ivana Borovnjak

Oaza Books

Karla Jurić ( photography)

Oaza Books, Zagreb

11/2020