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    <![CDATA[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. <br/><em>Shaun Tan</em> 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.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[An emigrant leaves his family and what seems to be an embattled land (a tentacled monster casts a shadow on buildings and walls) for a new world completely foreign to him. Told entirely in sepia-toned illustrations, this wordless book is intriguing and complex. Tan's illustrations are intricate and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42809749">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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