Shaun Tan, artist/writer and film maker.
hardcover, NIEUW, 128 pagina's, GRAPHIC NOVEL,
De aankomst is een eerbetoon aan de moed en het doorzettingsvermogen van alle migranten, vluchtelingen en ontheemden. Het werd bekroond met de belangrijkste literaire prijs van New South Wales en door Publishers Weekly, New York Times, Booklist, School Library Journal en Washington Post verkozen tot een van de beste boeken van 2007.
In a heartbreaking parting, a man gives his wife and daughter a last kiss and boards a steamship. He's embarking on the most difficult journey -- he's leaving home to build a better future for his family. In this wordless graphic novel, Shaun Tan captures the immigrant experience through clear, mesmerizing images. The reader enters a strange new world, participating in the main character's isolation -- and ultimately his joy.
