- Novela gráfica, Immigrants, Stories without words, Inmigrantes
In this wordless graphic novel, a man leaves his homeland and sets off for a new country, where he must build a new life for himself and try to support his family back home. His new country is full of strange arquitectural wonders, fantastic animals and other immigrants with stories of why they left home.
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Earnest, grave, meticulous and contemplative.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Shaun Tan
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 128
- Publisher
- Hodder Childrens Books, Barbara Fiore, Arthur A. Levine Books
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780734415868
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Shaun Tan (born in 1974) is an Australian artist, writer, and film maker. He won an Academy Award for *The Lost Thing*, a 2011 animated film adaptation of a 2000 picture book he wrote and illustrated. Other books he has written and illustrated include *The Red Tree* and *The Arrival*. **Source**: [Shaun Tan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Tan) on Wikipedia.
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