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The red tree

By Shaun Tan

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| Others | 9780734401724

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Book Description

When a child awakens with dark leaves drifting into her bedroom, she feels that
"sometimes the day begins with nothing to look forward to, and things go ...

3 Reviews

太棒了....無言....
sometimes the day begins with nothing to look forward to
and things go from bad to worse
darkness overcomes you
nobody understands
the world is a deaf machine
without sense or reason
sometimes you wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait
but nothing ever happens
th ... (continue)

太棒了....無言....
sometimes the day begins with nothing to look forward to
and things go from bad to worse
darkness overcomes you
nobody understands
the world is a deaf machine
without sense or reason
sometimes you wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait
but nothing ever happens
then all your troubles come at once
wonderful things are passing you by
terrible fates are inevitable
sometimes you just don't know what you are supposed to do
or who you are meant to be
or where you are
and the day seems to end the way it began
but suddenly there it is right in front of you
bright and vivid quietly waiting
just as you imagined it would be

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Wenna Chen said on Mar 15, 2012 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

I've had this book on reserve for about 3 months at the library and it finally arrived! And took about 10 minutes to read. It's a lovely picture book for kids but it's also great for grown ups as it is such a good illustration of being depressed. The illustrations are gorgeous and I loved the way he ... (continue)

I've had this book on reserve for about 3 months at the library and it finally arrived! And took about 10 minutes to read. It's a lovely picture book for kids but it's also great for grown ups as it is such a good illustration of being depressed. The illustrations are gorgeous and I loved the way he mixed in English and Chinese and spent a long time trying to figure out what the Chinese meant. I found that there is a Chinese version in Taiwan and I really want to get a copy of that someday. But very beautiful and touching despite being so few words.

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Robot-mel said on Nov 14, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

Amazing illustrations, a lyrical stile and a beautiful message of hope. I was incredibly touched by the page "nobody understands". It's a book I recommend everyone to read.

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momiji1020 said on Jul 16, 2010 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | 1 feedback