Ebook {Epub PDF} When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs

Raymond Briggs. out of 5 stars I saw 'When the wind blows' in the 80s and it had an impact on me then and still does today. It is an everyman story and it is sad to watch how Jim tried his best to keep himself and Hilda safe from a nuclear attack. The animation is perfect and John Mills and Peggy Ashcroft are well cast as Jim and Hilda /5(). When the wind blows Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Share to Facebook. Share to Reddit. Share to Tumblr. When the wind blows by Briggs, Raymond. Publication date Topics Nuclear warfare Publisher New York: Schocken Books CollectionUser Interaction Count: Raymond Briggs was a name I recognised from 'The Snowman', which I used to watch at Christmas. 'When the Wind Blows' seemed dated, because it referred to the Nuclear Panic of the Eighties, but I trusted the artist and took it off the library bltadwin.ru by:

When the Wind Blows. That was a title I hadn't heard in a long time. It was just obviously a British animated film based on a graphic novel by Raymond Briggs. You know, the guy who did The Snowman? It centered around an elderly couple then one day, word came out that war would break out in three days. The graphic novel was written around the height of the Cold War. The threat of nuclear war. When the Wind Blows. Raymond Briggs. Penguin Books, - Fiction - 40 pages. 0 Reviews. Raymond Briggs' now famous bestselling comic cartoon book depicts the effects of a neuclear attack on an elderly couple in his usual humorous yet macabre way. More». A radio play by Raymond Briggs, based on his cartoon book of the same name, with Peter Sallis and Brenda bltadwin.ru the event of the nuclear holocaust, an inno.

As the nuclear crisis between the Western powers and the Eastern Bloc deepened, and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists ‘ Doomsday Clock stood at four minutes to midnight, perplexed children across Great Britain were treated to the release of When the Wind Blows, a graphic novel by British artist Raymond Briggs that narrated the aftermath of a nuclear attack from the perspective of the Bloggses, a working-class couple who have recently retired to the country. Review of “When the Wind Blows” by Raymond Briggs. Posted on 06/30/ by rhapsodyinbooks. When the Wind Blows is a graphic novel depicting a nuclear attack on Britain by the USSR from the point of view of a benighted retired couple, Jim and Hilda Bloggs. Although some reviewers have complained that it is dated because the Cold War is over, I think one can easily imagine the same scenario with a different set of combatants. Briggs, Raymond. When the Wind Blows. Great Britain: Publisher, Graphic Novel. Entry by Anonymous. When the Wind Blows is the story of a retired couple, James and Hilda Bloggs, living in an isolated cottage in the English countryside during the Cold War. Although James often misunderstands information broadcasted by radio news, he is fully aware of the threat of nuclear war with the Soviet Union on the horizon.