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product_id: 83994138
title: "The Arrival"
price: "EC$176"
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# The Arrival

**Price:** EC$176
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** The Arrival
- **How much does it cost?** EC$176 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Description

A truly remarkable work of art that is already one of the most talked-about books of the season. "Tan's lovingly laid out and masterfully rendered tale about the immigrant experience is a documentary magically told." -- Art Spiegelman, author of Maus "An absolute wonder." -- Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis "A magical river of strangers and their stories!" -- Craig Thompson, author of Blankets "A shockingly imaginative graphic novel that captures the sense of adventure and wonder that surrounds a new arrival on the shores of a shining new city. Wordless, but with perfect narrative flow, Tan gives us a story filled with cityscapes worthy of Winsor McCay." -- Jeff Smith, author of Bone "Shaun Tan's artwork creates a fantastical, hauntingly familiar atmosphere... Strange, moving, and beautiful." -- Jon J. Muth, Caldecott Medal-winning author of Zen Shorts "Bravo." -- Brian Selznick, Caldecott Medal-winning author of The Invention of Hugo Cabret "Magnificent." -- David Small, Caldecott Medalist

Review: A Beautiful Book! - This is a beautiful book with wonderful illustrations that tell the story of a migration from one part of the world to another by a desperate father who wants to make a life for his family. It could be anywhere in the world. It is a wordless book that tells an incredible tale with imaginative depictions. It is heartwarming and brilliant. It is classed as a children's book but I have bought it for a friend who is in her 80's and know she will love it.
Review: A work of empathic genius - Portrayed in immediately accessible cartoon format, with no words, this wonderful book perfectly captures the experience of being forced to leave your family and home country and try to settle in an alien environment. Tremendously moving, quirky, imaginative and powerful, the sequence of pictures portrays the struggles with language, food, housing, transport and work faced by immigrants who may come here from radically different or undeveloped countries. Warmth, gritty humour and tenderness are all evoked without words, meaning this book is accessible to anyone of any language without needing a translator. This highlights our universal shared human experience. The book is quite large and thick, making it a pretty lengthy 'read', but I still return to it again and again for its thought provoking and timeless message.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 450,453 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 3,077 in Comics & Graphic Novels for Young Adults 20,833 in Literature & Fiction for Young Adults |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 2,445 Reviews |

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Beautiful Book!
*by M***E on 12 December 2020*

This is a beautiful book with wonderful illustrations that tell the story of a migration from one part of the world to another by a desperate father who wants to make a life for his family. It could be anywhere in the world. It is a wordless book that tells an incredible tale with imaginative depictions. It is heartwarming and brilliant. It is classed as a children's book but I have bought it for a friend who is in her 80's and know she will love it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A work of empathic genius
*by T***R on 26 February 2016*

Portrayed in immediately accessible cartoon format, with no words, this wonderful book perfectly captures the experience of being forced to leave your family and home country and try to settle in an alien environment. Tremendously moving, quirky, imaginative and powerful, the sequence of pictures portrays the struggles with language, food, housing, transport and work faced by immigrants who may come here from radically different or undeveloped countries. Warmth, gritty humour and tenderness are all evoked without words, meaning this book is accessible to anyone of any language without needing a translator. This highlights our universal shared human experience. The book is quite large and thick, making it a pretty lengthy 'read', but I still return to it again and again for its thought provoking and timeless message.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ wonderful journey
*by A***S on 2 October 2013*

This is a wonderful book that can be enjoyed by children and adults alike; there are no words, just pictures. And what pictures! They take you into a [literally] different world.The story is about the challenges and dangers [and rewards] of immigration - the story follows a man who has to leave his family in a dangerous home country to go ahead and start a new life in a new country - sending for his family later.The pictures show him trying to settle in to the new country, getting used to new cultures and customs, strange foods, strange technology. He meets a wide variety of other people who have also immigrated and have had terrible stories - and who welcome him into their lives. It's difficult to do justice to this book by writing about it; just read it and be enchanted and charmed - probably one of the best books I have ever come across!

## Frequently Bought Together

- The Arrival
- Tales from the Inner City
- Cicada

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