In the series «Illustrations from Childhood», the long-awaited books with illustrations by L. Maraiya are being released! You may not remember his name, but his drawings are never forgotten; it's no coincidence that this artist is called the Master of Image!
When boredom wraps a hot summer day like a thick fog, a little girl named Alice notices something so strange that reality begins to crack: a White Rabbit rushing somewhere with a pocket watch and anxious muttering. Curiosity — her main engine — drives Alice to follow, right into the depths of the rabbit hole, where the familiar world disappears like a dream at dawn.
The fall leads her to a space where logic ceases to be law, and the size of the body changes faster than one's mood. Here, doors lead to the impossible, tears turn into an ocean, and conversations with caterpillars become part of the norm. Alice encounters beings that are simultaneously frightening, admirable, and confusing: the mysterious Cheshire Cat, the philosophical Blue Caterpillar, the mad participants of the eternal tea party, and the commanding Red Queen, whose orders sound like verdicts.
Every step in this world is a test of the ability to keep one's sanity where sanity is not needed at all. Alice tries to understand: is this a game of imagination, a trap of sleep, or a reflection of her own fears and desires? And most importantly — how to find a way home when reality itself changes form?