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Apr. 19th, 2008 08:40 amI just read the most incredible book: The Arrival by Shaun Tan. It's a wordless book, the story told entirely in pictures, and it's beautiful. I took forever to get through it because I had to stop and examine all the stunning little details. If Doctor Seuss and Dali did historical fiction, this is what it would look like. If you want to experience the slow realisation what the book is actually about, do not read the back of the book and do not click the cut.
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Don't think of this as a children's book just because it has no words. Any age could definitely appreciate it, though it was in the YA section at my library. I would recommend this to absolutely anyone. I gave it to my mom to read, and after she does I'm going to show it to my two-year-old nephew, and of course I'm telling you all because you have to see this, it floored me. God, I love it when a book makes me feel this good. I need to buy a copy for myself, and do you realise how rarely I buy actual books? Usually I am happy with reading a book once, then giving it back to the library (unless it's Harry Potter or Stephanie Meyer, in which case I am MINE NOW!! about it), but sometimes there are books that grab me and I absolutely need to own them when that happens. I want to put this book in my tea exactly like Pete Wentz wants a certain album in his tea.
( Spoilers! )
Don't think of this as a children's book just because it has no words. Any age could definitely appreciate it, though it was in the YA section at my library. I would recommend this to absolutely anyone. I gave it to my mom to read, and after she does I'm going to show it to my two-year-old nephew, and of course I'm telling you all because you have to see this, it floored me. God, I love it when a book makes me feel this good. I need to buy a copy for myself, and do you realise how rarely I buy actual books? Usually I am happy with reading a book once, then giving it back to the library (unless it's Harry Potter or Stephanie Meyer, in which case I am MINE NOW!! about it), but sometimes there are books that grab me and I absolutely need to own them when that happens. I want to put this book in my tea exactly like Pete Wentz wants a certain album in his tea.
