Author
Shaun Tan
23 award wins, 11 nominations across 9 books.
Shaun Tan (born in 1974) is an Australian artist, writer, and film maker. He won an Academy Award for *The Lost Thing*, a 2011 animated film adaptation of a 2000 picture book he wrote and illustrated. Other books he has written and illustrated include *The Red Tree* and *The Arrival*.
Cicada
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Ein neues Land
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Geschichten aus der Vorstadt des Universums
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Rules of Summer
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Tales from Outer Suburbia
Published 2008-10-28 · 92 pages
From the much-acclaimed creator of The Arrival, The Red Tree and The Lost Thing, fifteen intriguing illustrated stories about the mysteries that lurk below the surface of suburban life.Do you remember the water buffalo at the end of our street?Or the deep-sea diver we found near the underpass?Do you know why dogs bark in the middle of the night?Shaun Tan, creator of The Arrival, The Lost Thing and The Red Tree, reveals the quiet mysteries of everyday life: homemade pets, dangerous weddings, stranded sea mammals, tiny exchange students and secret rooms filled with darkness and delight.
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The Arrival
128 pages
In this wordless graphic novel, a man leaves his homeland and sets off for a new country, where he must build a new life for himself and try to support his family back home. His new country is full of strange arquitectural wonders, fantastic animals and other immigrants with stories of why they left home.
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The Lost Thing
31 pages
A kid finds a lost 'thing' on the beach when he's scavenging for his bottle top collection. The thing is a large, freakish creature that looks like a cross between a crab and a pot-bellied stove.
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The Red Tree
32 pages
"Sometimes the day begins with nothing to look forward to ..." Intricate illustrations vividly portray troubled emotions, ending with a bright possibility.
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The Viewer
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