WORK SHOWCASE: Jorge González

This week, the Directory of Illustration is proud to highlight prestigious work by Jorge González for the Folio Society.

Photo © The Folio Society, 2023 | Artwork © Jorge González, 2023

Artist: Jorge González

Agency: IllustrationZone

Client: The Folio Society

About the Work: Jorge González illustrated a beautiful limited edition of Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s best-selling phenomenon The Shadow of the Wind.

From The Folio Society: Limited to just 500 numbered copies, each edition is signed by the artist Jorge González and presented in a cloth-bound slipcase with a design depicting the enchanting interior of the emporium. Hidden inside the slipcase the illustration of the magical library continues, while González has also created seven double-page illustrations that are woven throughout the novel and recreate Ruiz Zafón’s Barcelona. The limited edition includes an exclusive print, as well as a beautifully written new preface by translator Lucia Graves, who first brought this literary phenomenon to an anglophone readership.