The Wanderer
Book description
"Wonderfully strange and strangely wonderful, Peter Van Den Ende's Wanderer is an epic dream captured in superbly meticulous detail."-Shaun Tan
As with Shaun Tan's The Arrival,
it gives us collective goosebumps to introduce the singular talent and
imagination of Peter Van Den Ende to North America. Without a word, and…
Why read it?
2 authors picked The Wanderer as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book has recently been published, so I have only known it as an adult. When I opened its pages, I got lost in the complexity of the illustrations, there was much minute detail in the images. I was mesmerized. I just know I would have adored this book as a child. There are no words, just pictures to take you on an adventure. I find this an absolute treasure of a book that inspires me to make my own story to fill in the narrative. I imagine looking at this book with a child and the fun of piecing…
From Coralie's list on children’s stories that adults will love as well.
This book is as seductive as it is rewarding. It contains no words but while the pages turn you will find yourself increasingly enmeshed within an epic journey full of unexpected frivolity and danger rendered in some of the best black-and-white ink illustrations I have ever seen in a picture book.
From Landis' list on morbidly whimsical illustrated stories.
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