The Arrival

In 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. Best Read [ The Arrival ] author [ Shaun Tan ] – kino-fada.fr Lovely and amazing Re read this In May 2016 with my little son My thoughts If I could buy everyone in America a copy of this book, I would.There were no words in this graphic novel No dialogs No written sentences No words But, as I realized throughout my read, they weren t needed The mesmerizing art was enough And what illustrations Never have I read such a graphic novel before It was a fast read I don t think I ve even spend thirty minutes to get through it The story was poignant and I loved how realistically it portrayed immigrants and how metaphorically and fantastically the author drew the world building and settings.I There were no words in this graphic novel No dialogs No written sentences No words But, as I realized throughout my read, they weren t needed The mesmerizing art was enough And what illustrations Never have I read such a graphic novel before It was a fast read I don t think I ve even spend thirty minutes to get through it The story was poignant and I loved how realistically it portrayed immigrants and how metaphorically and fantastically the author drew the world building and settings.It didn t a...To see this and other wordless picture book reviews, please visit www.readrantrockandroll.com The Arrivalby Shaun Tan is a graphic novel and wordless story of illustrations highlighting an immigrant man s journey told through an imaginary world.I picked this up for my students a few years ago after hearing a special on NPR about it We enjoyed f...This book is magnificent A wordless graphic novel that the tells the familiar tale of an immigrant, and somehow makes the story new and exciting.A man says goodbye to his wife and daughter, and sets out, taking only a suitcase containing a precious photograph of his family He leaves a dark and ominous city for a journey across the sea Days pass, each depicted by a drawing of the sky The ship enters the harbor and a strange new world is revealed The man is examined, cataloged, and labeled Th This book is magnificent A wordless graphic novel that the tells the familiar tale of an immigrant, and somehow makes the story new and exciting.A man says goodbye to his wife and daughter, and sets out, taking only a suitcase containing a precious photograph of his family He leaves a dark and ominous city for a journey across the sea Days pass, each depicted by a drawing of the sky The ship enters the harbor and a strange new world is revealed The man is examined, cataloged, and labeled Then he ventures forth into an amazing city He is bombarded by new sights and sounds Everywhere he looks, there is something he s never seen before Even the food here is strange He doesn t speak the language and must draw pictures of what he needs He locates a place to stay and discovers an odd little roommate He finds work and meets other immigrants who tell sad, horrifying stori...This is a wondrous and wonderful book Entirely told in drawings pictures, not a word at all in the pages, apart from the title on the cover My first graphic novel Beautifully designed in sepia , a weird and touching story About a man who leaves his wife and little daughter to emigrate to a new country, to find work and earn a living But it is no ordinary story, it is full of fantasy images, creatures and weird observations It seems to ...Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest tost to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden doorHow did we get from a golden door to prison bars Shaun Tan doesn t engage in political polemics He has no need of words at all His silent surrealist paintings areeloquent that all the ghostwriters, TV anchors and political commentators that try to convince us that black is actually whiGive me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest tost to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden doorHo...The Arrival is Shaun Tan s so far masterpiece, a completely silent tale for all ages though ostensibly written for children A wordless book except the title it s about immigration and the wonder and largely dark strangeness and anxiety of that passage In the U.S the present conservative outcry about immigration is one that has lasted for at least 150 years Give us your tired, your poor, your hungry well, that Statue of Liberty was built in different times, eh The concerns exp The Arrival is Shaun ...The Arrival begins with a heartbreaking parting, a man gives his wife and daughter a last kiss and boards a steamship to cross the ocean We follow his struggles being away from home, and entering into a new life where not much is understood or explained The Arrival tells a universal story of immigrati...Not a single word here..just a beautifully illustrated picture story that communicates to the reader the heartbreaking separation of an immigrant family.In one man s travels across the ocean to an unfamiliar land, the struggles are apparent to connect to an unknown people, to find work, and earn a living so a desperate father can provide for and be reunited with his wife and daughter.Wonderfully portrayed images induce the reader to envision a difficult life with hope for a better futur Not a single word here..just a beautifully illustrated picture story that communicates to the reader the heartbreaking separation of an immigrant family.In one man s travels across th...Wow, I just loved this one.

• English
• 04 August 2018
Shaun Tan
• Hardcover
• 128 pages
• 0734406940
• Shaun Tan
• The Arrival