Ethel & Ernest

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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. 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. For his contribution as a children's illustrator Briggs was a runner-up for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1984. Le roman d'une vie en bande dessinée : Ethel et Ernest vivent le grand amour, avec ses bonheurs et ses déchirures. 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.

This graphic novel for adults covers the lives of Raymond Briggs parents from when they first met to their deaths. The story opens when they first meet, Ethel is a ladies maid and spots Ernest on his bike; he looks up and notices her at the window, and the rest, they say, is history. It has various artistic elements to it which are commendable: in other words, I really liked the art style! Solo que con Briggs luego me quedo con la sensación de que me han hecho un favor enorme, un regalo de una delicadeza inmensa.Whilst the story was heart-warming and quite tender in places, I couldn't help but notice the political discrepancies between them.

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. Overall a near fine copy and rare to find signed without dedication by Raymond Briggs to the title page.

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. 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.