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A review by iseefeelings
The Arrival by Shaun Tan
5.0
This is the first book of Shaun Tan that I've ever read.
As I was flipping through it, I gradually realized that my deepest desire is to draw for adults especially rather than children only, like how I personally prefer the term 'picture books' to 'children's books'. I believe that the power of imagination and emotion is often far more complex and beyond the scope of an individual may possess, for how it may be reinforced by linking the minds of many. What I also love is to find meaning in the visual narrative of a book instead of skimming the words. In The Arrival, no words are used in order to evoke the empathy for an immigrant since they have to start all over again in a whole strange place.
While making a draft for the review of this graphic novel, I remember my former host, J., a native of South Africa but now living in Canada with his wife and kids. I know that I'm not able to understand this book as profoundly as he does, so this book will definitely be the right gift for him.
As I was flipping through it, I gradually realized that my deepest desire is to draw for adults especially rather than children only, like how I personally prefer the term 'picture books' to 'children's books'. I believe that the power of imagination and emotion is often far more complex and beyond the scope of an individual may possess, for how it may be reinforced by linking the minds of many. What I also love is to find meaning in the visual narrative of a book instead of skimming the words. In The Arrival, no words are used in order to evoke the empathy for an immigrant since they have to start all over again in a whole strange place.
While making a draft for the review of this graphic novel, I remember my former host, J., a native of South Africa but now living in Canada with his wife and kids. I know that I'm not able to understand this book as profoundly as he does, so this book will definitely be the right gift for him.