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The Arrival

AUTHOR Tan, Shaun; Tan, Shaun
PUBLISHER Graphix (05/20/2025)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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Now in paperback, a groundbreaking, multi-award-winning modern classic from one of the world's most acclaimed artists.

"Tan's lovingly laid out and masterfully rendered tale about the immigrant experience is a documentary magically told." -- Art Spiegelman, author of Maus

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.

Told as a series of extraordinary wordless images, The Arrival is a modern classic sure to resonate with readers of all ages.

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ISBN-13: 9780439895309
ISBN-10: 0439895308
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 128
Carton Quantity: 30
Product Dimensions: 6.60 x 0.40 x 8.90 inches
Weight: 0.85 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Price on Product, Ikids, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emigration, Immigration & Refugees
Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels - Fantasy
Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy - General
Grade Level: 7th Grade - 12th Grade
Dewey Decimal: FIC
Library of Congress Control Number: 2006021706
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Now in paperback, a groundbreaking, multi-award-winning modern classic from one of the world's most acclaimed artists.

"Tan's lovingly laid out and masterfully rendered tale about the immigrant experience is a documentary magically told." -- Art Spiegelman, author of Maus

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.

Told as a series of extraordinary wordless images, The Arrival is a modern classic sure to resonate with readers of all ages.

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Author: Tan, Shaun
Shaun Tan ("A Day in the Life") grew up in Perth, Western Australia, and made up for the fact that he was the shortest kid in every class by being known as a "good drawer." Besides working full-time as an illustrator of his own stories, Shaun has worked as a designer in theater and film, and also directed the Academy Award winning short film The Lost Thing.
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