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Sketches from a Nameless Land

Shaun Tan

The Arrival has become one of the most critically acclaimed books of recent years, a wordless masterpiece that describes a world beyond any familiar time or place. How did it come to be created, and what inspired its unique and captivating story?

In Sketches from a Nameless Land, author Shaun Tan explains the origins of his ideas, using examples from early research and concept sketches through to finished artwork. In tracing this evolution, he sheds light on the silent language of images, the spirit of the migrant experience and the artist's creative journey.

The Arrival was sited as No 35 in The Times 100 Best Books of all time.

"An imaginative triumph. Every home should have one." - The Times
"It will fascinate and occupy adults and children alike." - The Observer

Shaun Tan is an internationally and critically acclaimed prize winning author/ illustrator. Amongst others, he has won the Astrid Lindgren prize, the Crichton Award, the World Fantasy Best Artist Award and was the first BAME author to win the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2020.

Read more about The Arrival at www.thearrival.com.au
Find out more about Shaun Tan at http://www.shauntan.net

  • Classification : Younger Readers (5-8)
  • Pub Date : OCT 2, 2014
  • Imprint : Hodder Children's Books
  • Page Extent : 48
  • Binding : HB
  • ISBN : 9780734411648
  • Price : INR 899
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Shaun Tan

Shaun Tan was born in 1974 and grew up in the northern suburbs of Perth Western Australia. In school he became known as the 'good drawer' which partly compensated for always being the shortest kid in every class. He graduated from the University of WA in 1995 with joint honours in Fine Arts and English Literature and currently works full time as a freelance artist and author in Melbourne.

Shaun began drawing and painting images for science fiction and horror stories in small-press magazines as a teenager and has since become best known for illustrated books that deal with social political and historical subjects through surreal dream-like imagery. Books such as THE RABBIT THE RED TREE THE LOST THING and the acclaimed wordless novel THE ARRIVAL have been widely translated throughout Europe Asia and South America and enjoyed by readers of all ages. Shaun has also worked as a theatre designer and worked as a concept artist for the films ‘Horton Hears a Who’ and Pixar's ‘WALL-E’. His short film ‘The Lost Thing’ (based on his book) was released on DVD in November 2010 (Madman Entertainment).

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