This altered edition reimagines the cover of La Dimora as a layered, sculptural form, whose concentric cuts reveal an eye-like shape at its center. As the paper recedes inward, new forms emerge—shapes that feel anatomical, symbolic, and slightly unsettling, as if the object were a fragment of a mythical or non-human face. The depth created by the carved layers intensifies this illusion: shadows gather between the strata, giving the piece a quiet, shifting sense of life.

These forms resonate strongly with the novel’s world—a place inhabited by adolescents who cannot adapt to ordinary society, living in a strange, enclosed institution that sits somewhere between a refuge, a prison, and a dream. Just as the book’s characters hover between definitions, the artwork too remains ambiguous: is the central “eye” protective or watchful? A symbol of inner vision, or a reminder of surveillance? The piece mirrors the atmosphere of La Dimora itself, a community always on the edge of sweetness and despair, tenderness and delirium.

By evoking archaic and “primitive” visual languages, the altered cover also reflects the novel’s exploration of human deviance and the ways people drift away from the expected paths. The object feels like a relic of an inner world—layered, obscure, and full of hidden contours—much like the story’s characters, whose identities resist easy interpretation.