Here We Are: The phenomenal international bestseller from Oliver Jeffers

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Here We Are is rather short and sweet, filled with many vivid settings from different, transitional, time periods. Graham Swift writes lovely and interesting sentences, but while I thoroughly enjoyed the reading experience, it didn't add up to very much. Still happy to have read it.

The variety show setting on the Brighton Pier makes for many entertaining scenes, but always, there's a sinister threat posed by the nearby sea. From Evie's thoughts: Y es que este libro ilustrado te invita a recordar que todos somos diferentes, pero al mismo tiempo, iguales. Te invita a recordar que eres parte de algo, de un planeta, aunque a veces en el traqueteo de la vida no te des cuenta. Por su sencillez, al ser una obra dedicada hacia los niños, Oliver Jeffers transmite todo ese amor de manera efímera, en una gama de colores brillantes y muy pocas palabras. Creo que para un niño puede resultar más sencillo de entender, porque normalmente, creo yo, son puros y no tienen la cabeza llena de pensamientos angustiantes y dolorosos como los adultos. No juzgan por religiones, aspectos o estatus. Creo que los adultos sí tendemos a hacerlo y por ello, Jeffers habla mayormente de lo que él quiere transmitir a su hijo: el mensaje del amor. Ir vėl, kaip ir "Motinų sekmadienis", toks be galo lengvas, greit perskaitomas (poilsinis) pasakojimas, niekaip nekomplikuotas, neperkrautas refleksijomis, sudėtingomis sąsajomis, žiauriomis scenomis, etinėmis kolizijomis ir jokiais panašiais dalykais. Ir nepaisant to, geras. Toks kaip geras greitas meistriškas eskizas, kur atrodo nieko nėra ypatingo, bet kažkas neįvardijamo pagauta, ir labai gražu. The ending? Don’t expect conclusive answers. But tell me, isn’t life that way? That I desperately wanted clear answers is the best indicator of the extent to which the story pulled me in. I have come to the conclusion that the ending is perfect. Sometimes, beyond the stirrings and the gaspings of the audience, he might think he could hear the creakings and strainings of the pier itself, like a big foundering ship. But perhaps it was more that he was the one who was going under.Pasakojimo laikas nėra linijinis. Autorius mus mėto ir vėto skleisdamas istoriją lyg daugiabriaunį brangakmenį: štai viena o briauną - vieno iš veikėjų skaudi vaikystė, kita briauna - stilingas ir spalvingas jų pasirodymas, dar viena - meilės peripetijos. Briaunų daug ir visos jos sudaro tikrai nuostabią visumą. From the skies to the animal kingdom to the people of the world and lots of other beautifully rendered examples of life on Earth, Here We Are carries a simple message: Be kind. -- NPR In his newest novel, acclaimed author Graham Swift marries the erratic devastations of reality with the elusive probability of magic under the lights of vaudeville, a story of delicate illusions where what one chooses to believe can unearth the most revealing connections. Insightfully sweet, with a gentle humor and poignancy, here is Oliver Jeffers’ user’s guide to life on Earth. He created it specially for his son, yet with a universality that embraces all children and their parents. Be it a complex view of our planet’s terrain (bumpy, sharp, wet), a deep look at our place in space (it’s big), or a guide to all of humanity (don’t be fooled, we are all people), Oliver’s signature wit and humor combine with a value system of kindness and tolerance to create a must-have book for parents. An optimistic snapshot of contemporary life, this heartfelt hug of a book ought to become a classic.

I am not at all familiar with the setting, Brighton pier in the UK. I definitely would have enjoyed this more if the author had described the area more and set the atmosphere before the story unfolded. Man rodos, net jeigu istorija nepasirodytų pagavi pats rašymo stilius turi daug potencialo sužavėti. Jeigu, kaip ir aš, mėgstate, kai ne viskas akivaizdu. O šioje knygoje dar ir magija. Tiesiogiai magija. Net ne mano mėgstamas magiškasis realizmas, o grynų gryniausia magija. Ne tik istorijoje, bet ir tekste. 😍 The book includes a huge collection of vocabulary to describe Earth. Can you make a dictionary based on these words? Graham Swift is no common street performer — he won the Booker Prize in 1996 — but he appreciates the transcendent artistry of small works perfectly performed. His slim new novel, “Here We Are,” transports us to a seaside theater in Brighton, England, during the summer of 1959. It’s about young love and the little acts of chance and villainy that realign lives. This is a review of the audiobook edition of this novel. I had a lot of problems with this book. First off I tried to read the book which was confusing and I couldn’t get into any of the characters. So this time I tried listening, unfortunately I didn’t fare any better with this version.O realybė tokia, kad iki šiol nežinau, ar knyga patiko. Likau sužavėtas teksto lėtumu, rašymo maniera, tais spalvotais potėpiais, bet tik tiek. Kiekvieną kartą, kai paimdavau knygą, atsiverdavo visai kiti vaizdai, buvau įsiurbiamas, o kai tik užversdavau - viskas pasimiršdavo, nuotaikos nelikdavo, vaizdinys išblukdavo. Tuštuma. In this video, Oliver Jeffers talks about the creation of this book. What questions would you like to ask him? From the skies to the animal kingdom to the people of the world and lots of other beautifully rendered examples of life on Earth, Here We Arecarries a simple message: Be kind.”— NPR A celebration of people all shapes and sizes, and of the beauty and mystery of our Earth.”– Booklist

The dodo explains that it isn’t supposed to be in the book. Why is this? Can you find out about other animals that have become extinct? What can we do to protect animals on our planet? Así que aquí estamos, en ese pálido punto azul. Pequeñas motas de polvo existiendo por un momento. Arrojados a través del espacio y el tiempo, tan solo para brillar por unos momentos. Estos momentos son todo lo que tenemos en esta vida. Trabajamos, reímos, lloramos, hacemos el amor, escribimos libros, construimos imperios, creamos guerras. A menudo tratamos de ignorar el hecho de que estos momentos son temporales. Que todos nuestros imperios y el producto nacional bruto, que nuestro arte y nuestra literatura, que nuestros pantalones de diseñador de trescientos dólares, que todo nuestro conocimiento y tecnología, creatividad y legado será borrado. Todo va a desaparecer en algún punto junto a todo lo demás. There is a quote from J.M. Barrie at the beginning of the book. Can you find other inspirational quotes and share what they mean with others? Turiu kelis rašytojus, kurių noriu perskaityt viską, ką jie parašo! Ir, žinokit, panašu, kad Graham Swift į juos papuola! 😍

Moments of human intimacy jostle with scenes that inspire cosmic awe, and the broad diversity of Jeffers’s candy-colored humans…underscores the twin messages that ‘You’re never alone on Earth’ and that we’re all in this together.”– Publisher’s Weekly (starred review) This book contains things that the author thinks his baby son needs to know. Make your own set of notes that tell younger children things they need to know. He had an audience of two, and he stood facing them, the green-topped table beside him. He knew by now that the surface was called “baize”, a nice word, but he knew also that the table was not what it seemed. It was a table and not a table, and this might be true of a great many things. It was the first door that you had to pass through, as it were, into a new way of thinking about everything around you. Phil Davis’ narration of the audiobook is very good. He speaks slowly. This gives readers time to think through what is said. Every word is clearly spoken. He sings the songs that are in the book; he doesn’t just read their words. He sings well. This increases one’s enjoyment. The audio production is good too. At the start and finish we are treated to carnival music—this fits wonderfully the book’s setting and content. Four stars for the narration.