When The Wind Blows

by Raymond Briggs

Book Overview

This is an off beat version of the famous English anti nuclear cartoon parable. Jim and Hilda Bloggs hear that a nuclear strike is headed their way. Armed with government leaflets, they construct a refuge with the solid cheerfulness they felt during the blitz. Trusting in the powers that be, they emerge after the bombing and wait for government assistance. Radiation sickness takes them, still loving each other and uttering prayers.2 women, 4 men

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 057311496X
• ISBN13: 9780573114960
• Release Date: December 1983
• Publisher: Samuel French
• Length: 54 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

The ever-timely Raymond Briggs...

With the US calling for "code orange" alert & suggesting duct tape & plastic for our windows to protect us from the unseen terrors of nuclear or biological attack, this book remains a scathing attack of the idiocy that would even suggest such actions. This book should be obligatory reading for all world citizens, particularly American politicians.

Why is this book out of print?

At a time when we all need to know more, and to know it not just through our intellect but through our emotional and personal dimensions as well, how can it be that this book is out of print?Raymond Briggs has a deft and provocative hand, a poignant and powerful voice. An artist of his calibre should be able to challenge us and he needs a publisher who will continue to nurture ALL that he has to offer to children, to adults, to the world.

This book MUST return to print

When the Wind Blows is a classic of modern literature. It's one of the all-time best books I've ever read and it's tragic that it's been allowed to fall out of print. Get a used copy. Track it down. Look for it misfiled in the children's section...it's an illustrated book but it definitely isn't kiddie fare. When the Wind Blows is wonderful, just wonderful.

When the bough breaks...

A masterpiece! A delicious combination of pitch-black humour and a tale worth, hmmm... thinking of, so to speak. Leaves the reader with an uncanny feeling. Leaves an exceptional impression when read while listening to the film score (a film has been made, although, naturally, is not available :)) recorded by Mr Rog Waters. Three cheers for Jim and Hilda!

A tragi-comic look at World War III.

This is one of the most moving books I've ever read on the subject of nuclear warfare, and the story is told in comic book format. Simply but beautifully illustrated, the story is touching, funny, and horrifying at the same time. It humanizes a very inhuman concept.