Ethel & Ernest

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Ethel y Ernest es sutilmente vertiginoso, como la vida, que pasa con tanta rapidez y sin que te des cuenta. 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.

Although they have differing political views and many marital squabbles, they obviously deeply care for each other.For the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005), a panel named Father Christmas (1973) one of the top-ten winning works, which composed the ballot for a public election of the nation's favourite. As economic and political climates change and war comes and goes it becomes clear that they each have their own peculiar wisdom and short-sightedness, and to see the world through their eyes and their bickering is a delight. Having first read this picture book many years ago I was inspired to re-read it after seeing the fantastic motion picture version over the winter. Splash stain residues and waviness to upper left front edge of jacket, discolored patch along lower front edge of DJ with further stain marks to edges of rear of DJ, corners a little pushed otherwise VG, unmarked.

It did make me feel a bit melancholy, maybe because it is not glamorous at all and shows the life of many ordinary working class people in the 20th century. While reading this book it brought nostalgic feelings for me and my family and I appreciate how much my grandparents had to go through so much being immigrants in a foreign country, getting a job and trying to provide food and clothes from my mother and her siblings. It didn't surprise me though, because the rich illustrations reminded me of books I'd read as a child. What I enjoyed about this was that it was VERY British (which of course connected with me) and that they felt so 'normal'. As well as working on a very personal and biographical level, 'Ethel and Ernest' provides a fascinating version of British history through the lens of Briggs' parents lives.

pero que quienes la vimos recordamos muy nítidamente los primeros minutos en los que, a modo casi de cortometraje paralelo al film, se narra la vida de un matrimonio en unas pocas escenas y se condensa en algunos minutos una preciosa e inolvidable historia de amor. I didn't connect any further than that, partly because I'm not that fussed about politics (I am quite young after all! Lewis Carroll was certain rough on children, and the tradition carries on in such books as Neil Gaiman's Coraline on in the film Nanny McPhee, where children visiting their undertaker father at work never seem to mind the corpse on the table. The book is a piece of social history; we see the dark days of the Second World War, the birth of the Welfare State, the advent of television and all the changes which were so exhilarating and bewildering for Ethel and Ernest.

Briggs shows us scenes from his imagination of his parents’ lives: how they met, raised a family during a destructive world war, and lived through the cultural roller-coaster ride of the 20th century. Hay gente que a base de historias emotivas busca hacerte más mezquino, y luego hay gente como Raymond Briggs, que sin pretenderlo te limpian un poco el alma. Nice and clean pages as new but with previous owner's written inscription inside the front endpaper, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. If you loved this review or would like to check out other iconic graphic novels here is the link of where I am discovering these books. We also get to see Ethel and Ernest's reaction to the invention of the television and how it feels like being inside a movie theater in your own home.

Raymond Briggs έμελλε να είναι αυτή η σύντομη και πολύ συμπαθητική παρουσίαση των γονιών του, από τη δεκαετία του ’20 οπότε και γνωρίστηκαν, μέχρι και το 1971, τη χρονιά που πέθαναν και οι δυο. I believe since they didn't have the luxury to attend University they never experience the option of having a choice in your career. Briggs's portrayal of his parents as they succeed, or fail, in coming to terms with their rapidly shifting world is irresistably engaging -- full of sympathy and affection, yet clear-eyed and unsentimental. Pues, ahora que he leído esta novela gráfica, me resulta difícil creer que quienes escribieran aquella escena no se inspirasen en este librito: como mínimo coincide que ambas historias son las postales que resumen una vida a lo largo de las décadas y están contadas desde una nostalgia dulcísima y un humor lleno de ternura. In the way he has chosen to portray their lives he captures the banality of the lives of Ernests and Ethels everywhere.

This is a truly beautiful book , which is also a book of social history with the dark days of WW11, and all the changes that Ethel and Ernest experience as they brought up their only son. While reading it I discovered that this book is really about life, love, and how quick times are changing when it comes to history and technology.

They kind of represent most British people's grandparents I would imagine, or maybe even great-grandparents. 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. Ernest, five years younger, is an easygoing milkman with socialist ideals and an enthusiastic interest in current affairs and the latest technology. 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. Both Ethel and Ernest are on the old side for married couples in those days, I think, but certainly Ethel who is, I believe, in her mid to late thirties.