The Arrival -- Shaun Tan

<b>Now in paperback, a groundbreaking, multi-award-winning modern classic from one of the world's most acclaimed artists.</b><p></p><p></p><p>"Tan's lovingly laid out and masterfully rendered tale about the immigrant experience is a documentary magically told." -- Art Spiegelman, author of <i>Maus</i></p><p></p><p>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 finds himself in a bewildering city of unfamiliar customs, peculiar animals, curious floating objects, and indecipherable languages. 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.</p><p></p><p>Told as a series of extraordinary wordless images, <i>The Arrival</i> is a modern classic sure to resonate with readers of all ages.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Shaun Tan<br><b>Publisher:</b> Graphix<br><b>Published:</b> 05/20/2025<br><b>Pages:</b> 128<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780439895309<br><b>Audience:</b> Young Adult<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Booklist Ed Choice Youth</i> 01/01/2008 pg. 12<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Shaun Tan is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Arrival</i>, <i>Tales from Outer Suburbia</i>, <i>Tales from the Inner City</i>, <i>Rules of Summer</i>, and <i>The Singing Bones</i>. He received the Astrid Lindgren Mem