The Illustrated Man

“The Illustrated Man” is a collection of philosophical and fantasy stories by American writer Ray Bradbury, nominated for the International Fiction Prize in 1952.
Having made an intriguing introduction about the narrator’s supposedly accidental (or not accidental?) meeting with the Illustrated Man, the author offers the reader eighteen stories that seem to be detailed illustrations for each painting on the body of a colorful stranger. And wherever the events of the next story unfold — on Mars or on Earth, at a fair or on a deserted highway — the author’s focus remains invariably on human nature. “The Illustrated Man” is a kaleidoscopic combination of the amazing, the fantastic and the real. The stories in the collection, together with the eerily terrifying epilogue, create the illusion of a complete and coherent story.