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Shaun Tan The Arrival The Arrival is a migrant story told as a series of wordless images. 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 Signed by Shaun Tan complete with original official stamp
A fine copy of a first edition, first impression hardback
published - Hodder Children's Books, 2007 All books are swathed in biodegradable bubble wrap and posted in strong, custom made book boxes to ensure undamaged delivery. |