![]() ![]() It is the universal immigrant experience but placed within an Australian ethos. In particular it is the story, told through brilliant visual imagery, of any refugee, migrant, l’étranger or displaced person leaving a homeland to make a new life in a strange land. Without words, this graphic novel has all the hallmarks of lasting literature in that it explores the human condition through the plight of one man and in so doing explores what it is to be human. In making this award, the judges commented: ![]() Published by Lothian books in 2006, The Arrival was awarded the Community Relations Commission Award and, more importantly, the Book of the Year in the NSW Premiers Literary Awards in 2007. His hundreds of pencil images tell a sophisticated tale of migration. Classified as a picture book, as indeed were all prior works by Shaun Tan, this book is far more than that. Australian picture books enjoy enormous success nationally and internationally but nothing prepared the literary community or the reading public for The Arrival by Shaun Tan. ![]()
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