My barricade day surprise is that I tracked down a copy of I Miserabili, published in 1966 and illustrated by the incredible Renato Guttuso!
His illustrations are absolutely out of this world and he uses so many different styles and levels of polish just in this book. I tried to show a decent sampling here while also getting the most impressive page spreads (imo).
Let me know if anyone wants to see illustrations of any particular character/scene because he drew them all and I mean that I will happily post more pics below of some faves. Marius looks like a particularly forlorn shade of grey rat in this one, I will say.
![Renato Guttuso (Italian, 1911-1987), Passegiata in giardino a Velate [Walk in the Garden in Velate],](https://64.media.tumblr.com/129e075664608b4b630b8b8c3ce1151f/198cbc35a898724b-f3/s1280x1920/4290d4927667266b6506525e9869d165a37e9793.jpg "Renato Guttuso (Italian, 1911-1987), Passegiata in giardino a Velate [Walk in the Garden in Velate],")
