![]() Despite the bleak illustrations, at the heart of the story is the message that hope springs eternal. ![]() In essence, each pictureconveys a visual representation of an overwhelmingly, at times, depressed mood. The text often serves as a caption for the colour saturated pictures. The accompanyingtext is deliberately spare. The slender story line depicts a young girl moving through a sequence of striking landscapes. What separates this book from others of the same genre is Shaun Tan's wholly idiosyncratic artwork. The basic story of a little girl having a particularly horrid day is not uncommon in children's literature. To the ear it reads as a sparsely written children's book, but to the eye the book's lavish depictions of isolationand despair require a much deeper analysis. Shaun Tan's The Red Tree almost defies any rational classification. ![]() An Analysis of Shaun Tan's Luminous Work of Art ![]()
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