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by Shaun Tan

Dargaud

A man arrives in a strange country and tries to get used to the strange life and habits of the inhabitants. He left his wife and kids behind him so he could give them a better life... Shaun Tan, an Australian cartoonist born in 1974, deals with the issue of immigration in a metaphorical way and conjures up a phantasmagorical imagery to do so. It results in a universal story for anyone can identify to the man's existence. The readers experience through his eyes the sometimes painful, sometimes exciting process of adaptation to another culture.