The man meets a kind woman along the way, who reveals that she is also an immigrant. The creature begins following the man around, but he does not pay it much mind.Īs the man sets out to do some shopping, the creature continues to follow him. He opens it to find a large mouse-like creature resting inside. Inside of his new apartment, the man notices a jar in the middle of the room. The man eagerly secures a room for himself. However, with the help of some drawings in his notebook, the man is able to find someone who can show him where an apartment complex is. The man quickly realizes that since he cannot speak the city’s language, he cannot communicate with any of its people. He then goes through the monotonous process of filling out paperwork until he is finally given his own personal file. Eventually both the man’s suitcase and body are searched. He waits in a lengthy line before entering the city gates, meanwhile noticing that the signs around him are all written in a language he cannot understand. The ship eventually reaches a new country, where the man is to make his home. The man travels on a ship across the sea, alongside hundreds of other refugees. He then shares a heartfelt goodbye with both his wife and daughter, and boards the train alone. The daughter gazes upwards with a look of concern, so the man makes her an origami bird to console her. In the background, large spiked tentacles loom over the city.
The man exits his home alongside his wife and daughter, and the three walk towards a train station. In the opening of the novel, the readers are presented a nameless man living in a nameless country, which appears to be set in modern time. Tan’s graphics reflect a realistic art style, and are set in tones of brown, sepia, and gold, black, and grey. The novel’s plot is defined entirely through visuals, as the narrative is wordless. The following version of this book was used to create this guide: Tan, Shaun.
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