The book: «Hello darling, don't come back ruined*!» It is often said, food is nourishment for the soul. Asking someone if they have eaten means letting them know we care about them, and we all have a dish from our hearts that often comes from memories of our childhood and makes us feel at home even when we are far away. But there is a trick that especially those away from home have devised to feel the warmth of their homeland and loved ones: the package from down below! It is a custom born in southern Italy, but «despite the name, there is no predetermined path that the package must take to be called “from down below”: it could very well start from Puglia, from Aosta Valley or from Tuscany, but also from Morocco or Peru, and reach you wherever you are in Italy or the world, and it would still be called that. The package from down below remains such even if it comes from the north, the east, or the west, for the simple fact that it has nothing to do with geography. It is a myth, an institution, a state of mind», Elisa Pino, «Vanity Fair». With this very tender Silent book, Chiara Spinelli illustrates the journey of a package with a fanciful and visionary style: it takes shape in the native kitchen, filling up with jars brimming with delicacies, crossing time and space riding elephants, rocket ships, and marine creatures. Once it reaches its destination, the package can finally be opened by the distant loved one, who will be overwhelmed by the love and flavors of home. The author: Chiara Spinelli grew up in Lecce but lives in Milan. In these years she has refined her training path by participating in illustration courses, exhibitions, and industry fairs. In 2023 she won the artist residency award at Farm Cultural Park in collaboration with the Cose Belle Festival. She has published "The Sea is..." (Kurumuny, 2021), "The Package from Down Below" (Quinto Quarto, 2022), chosen as one of the 20 best debut works in the Opera Prima category of BRAW AMAZING BOOKSHELF at BCBF 2023 and "At the Top of the Mountain" (Storiedichi, 2025). She illustrated the cover of the book "Teaching Italian to Migrant Women in a State of Trauma" (Mimesis, 2024). She works as a freelance illustrator and educator, focusing on designing workshops for children. The publishing house: QuintoQuarto.
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The book: «Hello darling, don't come back ruined*!» It is often said, food is nourishment for the soul. Asking someone if they have eaten means letting them know we care about them, and we all have a dish from our hearts that often comes from memories of our childhood and makes us feel at home even when we are far away. But there is a trick that especially those away from home have devised to feel the warmth of their homeland and loved ones: the package from down below! It is a custom born in southern Italy, but «despite the name, there is no predetermined path that the package must take to be called “from down below”: it could very well start from Puglia, from Aosta Valley or from Tuscany, but also from Morocco or Peru, and reach you wherever you are in Italy or the world, and it would still be called that. The package from down below remains such even if it comes from the north, the east, or the west, for the simple fact that it has nothing to do with geography. It is a myth, an institution, a state of mind», Elisa Pino, «Vanity Fair». With this very tender Silent book, Chiara Spinelli illustrates the journey of a package with a fanciful and visionary style: it takes shape in the native kitchen, filling up with jars brimming with delicacies, crossing time and space riding elephants, rocket ships, and marine creatures. Once it reaches its destination, the package can finally be opened by the distant loved one, who will be overwhelmed by the love and flavors of home. The author: Chiara Spinelli grew up in Lecce but lives in Milan. In these years she has refined her training path by participating in illustration courses, exhibitions, and industry fairs. In 2023 she won the artist residency award at Farm Cultural Park in collaboration with the Cose Belle Festival. She has published "The Sea is..." (Kurumuny, 2021), "The Package from Down Below" (Quinto Quarto, 2022), chosen as one of the 20 best debut works in the Opera Prima category of BRAW AMAZING BOOKSHELF at BCBF 2023 and "At the Top of the Mountain" (Storiedichi, 2025). She illustrated the cover of the book "Teaching Italian to Migrant Women in a State of Trauma" (Mimesis, 2024). She works as a freelance illustrator and educator, focusing on designing workshops for children. The publishing house: QuintoQuarto.
