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The Arrival -
The Arrival
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A shockingly imaginative graphic novel that captures the sense of adventure and wonder that surrounds a new arrival on the shores of a shining new city. Wordless, but with perfect narrative flow, Tan gives us a story filled with cityscapes worthy of Winsor McCay. -- Jeff Smith, author of Bone"A... show more
A shockingly imaginative graphic novel that captures the sense of adventure and wonder that surrounds a new arrival on the shores of a shining new city. Wordless, but with perfect narrative flow, Tan gives us a story filled with cityscapes worthy of Winsor McCay. -- Jeff Smith, author of Bone"A magical river of strangers and their stories!" -- Craig Thompson, author of Blankets"Magnificent." -- David Small, Caldecott MedalistIn a heartbreaking parting, a man gives his wife and daughter a last kiss and boards a steamship to cross the ocean. He's embarking on the most painful yet important journey of his life - he's leaving home to build a better future for his family. Shaun Tan evokes universal aspects of an immigrant's experience through a singular work of the imagination. He does so using brilliantly clear and mesmerizing images. Because the main character can't communicate in words, the book forgoes them too. But while the reader experiences the main character's isolation, he also shares his ultimate joy.
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780734406941
Publisher: Gardners Books
Edition language: English
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Ned Hayes Writing
Ned Hayes Writing rated it
5.0 The Arrival
What an amazing book, with no words.A beautiful testimonial to the power of art to communicate an other-wordly, yet so-close-to-the-bone reality. This book is almost beyond description... it starts so subtly, and you think it's fantastical magical realism.But when it hits you that this is exactly th...
The Drift Of Things
The Drift Of Things rated it
4.0 The Arrival
Prior to experiencing this book, I didn't think it was possible to tell a complete, satisfying story using only pictures. I don't read graphic novels, but this one is something really special. It portrays the immigrant experience in a surprisingly original way. It doesn't depict any specific countri...
tien
tien rated it
5.0 The Arrival
What an absolutely interesting book. It was beautifully depicted and being an immigrant myself, I can fully relate to the experience. The strange places and strange things were, of course, surprising and in a way, isolating, but the kind welcoming people more than make up for the isolation. Of co...
debnance
debnance rated it
5.0 The Arrival
A wordless graphic novel, The Arrival is the story of a man who leaves his family to work in the big city of a foreign land. The pictures show a place both familiar and strange, people both familiar and strange, objects both familiar and strange. That combination of familiarity and strangeness creat...
The Cheap Reader
The Cheap Reader rated it
3.0 The Arrival
This book is difficult to give a summary on. There are no words. The story is told completely through pictures. That idea enticed me to read(?) it.The general summary of the book is a man leaves behind his wife and daughter to move to a different country to find work. While looking for work, he enco...
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