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The Arrival

Award-winning illustrator Shaun Tan’™s The Arrival is a migrant story told as a series of wordless images that might seem to come from a long forgotten time. An eminent fantasy artist, Tan has de the very act of travelling the theme of his graphic novel, combining poignant and evocative illustrations with a timeless story that will be sure to appeal to many generations. A man leaves his wife and child in an impoverished town, seeking better prospects in an unknown country on the other side of a vast ocean. He eventually finds himself in a bewildering city of foreign customs, peculiar animals, curious floating objects and indecipherable languages. With nothing more than a suitcase and a handful of currency, the immigrant must find a place to live, food to eat and some kind of gainful employment. He is helped along the way by sympathetic strangers, each carrying their own unspoken history: stories of struggle and survival in a world of incomprehensible violence, upheaval and hope.Beautifully illustrated by Shaun Tan, this is the kind of book that children will remember long after they have grown up. Surreal, beautiful and stunning to behold, The Arrival will charm children and adults alike.

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