Ethel & Ernest

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If they didn't sacrifice all that they did I would be living in a country where basic human rights are nonexistent and starving.

While we see Raymond growing up as a boy, we get the back drop of WWII and how they had to send Raymond to live in the country side while London is being destroyed by German bombs. Nothing is invented, nothing embroidered - this is the reality of two decent, ordinary lives of two people who, as Briggs tells the story, become representative of us all. It's hard to imagine writing dispassionately, much less drawing objectively, about your own birth, your parent's view of your chosen profession, and especially, about their deaths.Briggs’s illustrations are full of humor, marvelous detail, and obvious love for the people who inspired the title characters. Near Fine+: tight and square binding in sharp brown boards; lightly bumped to the spine tips; a very minor mark to one page, else bright, crisp and clean, presenting as unread.

Sono stata catapultata in un’altra vita, un’altra epoca, e percepivo il cambiamento a ogni decennio. Beginning with Ethel working as a lady's maid and Ernest passing her house as a milkman we see the couple fall in love, marry and begin their lives together. Ethel and Ernest is probably his most personal work, telling as it does, the life of his parents from the.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

Lo stile di Raymond Briggs non rientra nei miei preferiti, ma devo dire che più andavo avanti con la storia, più questi disegni tondi e pieni con questi colori pacati mi sembravano adatti, anzi, perfetti, per la storia autobiografica raccontata dall’autore. The reissue of Briggs' award winning illustrated story of his parents, issued by Jonathan Cape the year after the book was first published. También me hubiese encantado que las páginas fuesen más grandes para poderme sumergir aún más en los dibujos: para notar mejor el tacto de la moqueta, la rugosidad del papel de pared, el calor de la chimenea de ladrillo, el silbido de la tetera.We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there is something for every literary palate. Ethel y Ernest es un retrato personal, sí, pero también lo es de una clase social: la de los ingleses de clase trabajadora que experimentaron las penurias de dos guerras mundiales y sus consecuencias. It had its North American premiere at the 2017 Palm Springs International Film Festival by its US distributors, and was chosen by an audience vote to be screened in the "Best of the Fest" on the final day. The story is a chronological progression through poignant moments in the home lives of the titular couple, from when they first meet in 1928 to their deaths in 1971.