Mona's Eyes: The Illustrated Edition

By Thomas Schlesser

The masterworks of Paris's grand museums--The Louvre, The Mus e d'Orsay, and the Centre Pompidou--are all here. Mona's Eyes: the Illustrated Edition is a rare invitation to encounter the grand works of Western art with new eyes. Join Mona, her grandfather, and New York Times bestselling author and internationally renowned art historian, Thomas Schlesser, on an emotional and inspiring journey through four centuries of art.

This deluxe, fully illustrated, limited edition publication includes high-quality reproductions of all 52 artworks featured in Schlesser's international bestselling novel, Mona's Eyes, plus 100 additional artworks with original descriptive captions by Schlesser.

This gorgeously produced edition, designed in Paris by the director or Albin Michel's art book division, includes the full text of Schlesser's bestselling novel about a young girl threatened with blindness and her grandfather who is determined to show her all that is beautiful in the world before she loses her sight. Both an unforgettable human story and an invitation to art, to beauty, and to life, the story of Mona and her grandfather is now woven into an unforgettable visual journey.

160 full color reproductions

4000 words original text, including a new introduction and descriptive captions by Thomas Schlesser

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GSF63WN4
• ISBN13: 9798889662266
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Europa Editions
• Length: 352 Pages