Ethel & Ernest - Rilegato

Briggs, Raymond

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ISBN 10: 0224060392 ISBN 13: 9780224060394

Casa editrice: Jonathan Cape, 1999

Riassunto

Utterly original, deeply moving and very funny, ETHEL & ERNEST is the story of Raymond Brigg's parents from their first, chance encounter to their deaths, told in Brigg's unique strip-cartoon format. Winner of the British Book Award for the Illustrated Book of the Year and acclaimed by the critics, ETHEL & ERNEST was a huge bestseller on first publication.

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“A best seller in Britain, this winsome little book is one family’s twentieth century, told as a comic strip that fast-forwards through the decades. Briggs’s artful rendering of his parents’ striving captures the English working class, and as the tale progresses, you find yourself slowly sucked into their daily patter, amused by their cooing voices, impressed by their bravery. At the end,you’re hardly prepared for the emotional wallop.” —Time

“In the details of Briggs’s sparkling cartoons, the characters become richly specific and endearing . . . both pathetic and heroic in the face of overwhelmingevents. [They are] what make you read through Ethel & Ernest over again.” —Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times

“Ethel & Ernest works brilliantly and artfully as an archetype. It is the author’s willingness to frame his love and anguish so piercingly that makes it such a singular piece of work. We should be grateful that Briggs is so brilliantly equipped to remind us of what we u sed to be, and why.” —Nick Hornby, New York Times Book Review
From the Trade Paperback edition.

Descrizione del libro:

New edition of Raymond Brigg's most extraordinary and most appealing book yet- a tender, moving, warmly funny tribute to his parents: ETHEL & ERNEST.

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• Editore: Jonathan Cape
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0224060392
• ISBN 13: 9780224060394
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 104