Fantasy
The Arrival
Author Shaun Tan
Illustrator Shaun Tan
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Story
After leaving his wife and children, a man sails across a vast ocean to an unknown land. He finds himself in a bewildering city, full of confusing customs, alien animals, and difficult dialects. As he struggles to find food and shelter, he meets a selection of sympathetic strangers, each carrying their own stories of survival.
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Why we chose it
In this ground-breaking graphic novel told in wordless sepia images, Shaun Tan creates a many layered story exploring immigration, alienation, and what it means to be a refugee and leave home and family and settle in an alien country.
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First published
2006, Lothian Children’s Books