NEW YORK - TelAve -- Casa Carlini is proud to unveil a striking new series of Herman Melville's greatest novels, reimagined under the Carlini Classics imprint and brought to visual life by Xiaoyu Zhu, an MFA graduate in Visual Communication Design from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Melville, long dismissed in his lifetime as too strange, too dark, too unwieldy, is experiencing a quiet but powerful resurgence. His explorations of obsession, alienation, ecological dread, and the machinery of labor feel uncannily attuned to the concerns of the present moment. In many ways, he reads today as if he were writing for the twenty-first century. This rediscovery provides the perfect backdrop for a fresh visual interpretation, and Zhu's designs meet that moment with bold, conceptual intelligence.

The redesigned series is unified by a stark, monochromatic approach that reflects the disciplined, salt-worn world Melville inhabited. Each cover relies on a single tonal range, using light and shadow rather than color to create depth and atmosphere. This restraint gives the books the quiet strength of old nautical journals and ship manifests, echoing the order, hierarchy, and hard edges of life at sea. Subtle typographic shifts and clean layouts carry the visual rhythm of rigging, spars, and disciplined maritime craft. Typee offers the only variation, using a slightly more expressive tonal arrangement to capture the sense of a world beyond the familiar coordinates of the ship. Taken together, the covers form a cohesive suite that honors Melville's lifelong preoccupation with the ocean—its discipline, its mystery, and the stark beauty of its vast, unadorned surfaces.

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"Melville demands a designer who is unafraid of complexity," says publisher Charles Carlini. "His novels vibrate with philosophical uncertainty, and Xiaoyu's work captures that beautifully. He gives readers a new way to enter Melville's world, one that feels current, contemplative, and incredibly inviting."

The series launches with Moby-Dick, Bartleby, the Scrivener, Billy Budd, Typee, and Benito Cereno, with additional titles forthcoming. Each volume includes clean, elegant typography and a refined reading experience that reflects Carlini Classics' commitment to presenting timeless literature with contemporary craft.

For longtime Melville readers, these editions offer the pleasure of rediscovery. For newcomers, they provide an accessible entry point into a writer whose imagination continues to shape American literature in profound ways. The books are available now on the Casa Carlini website and on Amazon.

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The reimagined editions are available now through the Casa Carlini website (https://casacarlini.com) and on Amazon, with wider distribution to follow.