Ether & Ernest - Film Tie-In

A marvellous, life-enhancing book for all ages, now a major animated film starring Jim Broadbent, Brenda Blethyn and Luke TreadawayUtterly original, deeply moving and very funny, Ethel & Ernest tells the story of Raymond Briggs' parents' marriage, lady's maid Ethel and milkman Ernest, from their first chance encounter in 1928, through the birth of their son Raymond in 1934, to their deaths, within months of each other, in 1971.Told in Brigg`s unique strip-cartoon format, Ethel and Ernest live through the defining moments of the twentieth century: the darkness of the Great Depression, the build up to World War II, the trials of the war years, the euphoria of VE Day and the emergence of a generation from post war austerity to the cultural enlightenment of the 1960s.Ethel & Ernest is a heartfelt and affectionate tribute to an ordinary couple and an extraordinary generation.

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Briggs has always had the ability to move his readers, but never more powerfully than this. Stephen Pritchard Guardian

Product details

• Authors: Raymond Briggs, Briggs Raymond
• Publisher: JONATHAN CAPE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781911214601
• ISBN: 978-1-911214-60-1
• No. of pages: 104
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 226 mm x 7 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, DESIGN / Graphic Arts / Illustration, HISTORY / Social History, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Media Tie-In, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Animated, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Social and cultural history, Comic book & cartoon art, Biography: arts and entertainment, Animated films and animation, European tradition graphic novels, Animated Films, Graphic Novels: Literary & Memoirs, Comic book and cartoon artwork