Ethel & Ernest: A True Story

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Raymond Briggs

Description: Poignant, funny, and utterly original, Ethel & Ernest is Raymond Briggs's loving depiction of his parents' lives from their first chance encounter in the 1920s until their deaths in the 1970s.Ethel and Ernest are solid members of the working class, part of the generation (Brokaw's "Greatest Generation") that lived through the tumultuous era of the twentieth century. The book's strip-cartoon format is deceptively simple; it possesses a wealth of detail and an emotional depth that are remarkable in such a short volume. Briggs's marvelous illustrations and succinct, true-to-life dialogue create a real sense of tim ... (more)

Manufacturer: Jonathan Cape
Release date: 3 September 1998
ISBN-10 : 0224046624 | ISBN-13: 9780224046626

Tags: Biography (1), Romance (1), Comic Book (1), Family (1), Graphic Novel (1), 20th Century (1), Fatherhood (1), Domestic Life (1), Vignette (1), British Comics (1), Strip Book (1), Greatest Generation (1)

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