num_pages: 132
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Arrival
titlecomplete: The Arrival
genres: Fiction, Picture Books, Graphic Novels, Young Adult, Childrens, Art, Historical Fiction, Comics, Graphic Novels Comics, Fantasy
ratings_count: 55525
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Related Book, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Art Book, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: New South Wales Premier's Literary Award
category: Book of the Year & Community Relations Commission Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Western Australian Premier's Book Award
category: Overall Winner & Childrens Book, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Children's Book Council of Australia Award
category: Picture Book of the Year, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Moonbeam Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Aurealis Award
category: Best Young Adult Short Story & Golden Aurealis for Best Short Story, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Bilderbuch, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
category: Special Citation, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA)
category: Older Children, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Literaturpreis der Jury der jungen Leser
category: Sonderpreis, awardedAt: -62167190400000
name: Plano Nacional de Leitura
category: (Portugal), awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: The Inky Awards Shortlist
category: Gold Inky
publisher: Lothian Books