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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 The Arrival and Sketches from a Nameless Land
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  • Contains hardcover editions of The Arrival and Sketches from a Nameless Land.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Hachette Australia , 2010 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Arrival, Shaun Tan , Shaun Tan (illustrator), single work graphic novel children's

"The Arrival is a migrant story told as a series of wordless images that might seem to come from a long forgotten time. 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." (Source: Shaun Tan website)

Sketches from a Nameless Land, Shaun Tan , single work criticism

'What inspired author and illustrator Shaun Tan to create his wordless masterpiece The Arrival? Within the pages of a new work Sketches from a Nameless Land Shaun sheds light on his motivations, explaining his creative process using examples from his earliest sketches, roughs and ideas right through to finished artwork.'

Source: The Arrival website, www.thearrival.com.au (Sighted 22/09/2010)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2010 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 2 vols in boxp.
      Edition info: Slipcase edition
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: September 2010
      ISBN: 9780734411464 (hbk.)
Alternative title: L'approdo
Language: Italian
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      Italy,
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Tunué ,
      2021 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 176p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published November 2021.
      ISBN: 9788867904358

Works about this Work

Graphic Novel William Yeoman , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 19 October 2010; (p. 7)

— Review of The Arrival and Sketches from a Nameless Land Shaun Tan , 2010 selected work picture book criticism
Graphic Novel William Yeoman , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 19 October 2010; (p. 7)

— Review of The Arrival and Sketches from a Nameless Land Shaun Tan , 2010 selected work picture book criticism
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