Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Porter, Max

Grief Is the Thing with Feathers

Here he is, husband and father, scruffy romantic, a shambolic scholar--a man adrift in the wake of...
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Author: Max Porter
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Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Porter, Max

Grief Is the Thing with Feathers

$16.00

Grief Is the Thing with Feathers

$16.00
Author: Max Porter
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Here he is, husband and father, scruffy romantic, a shambolic scholar--a man adrift in the wake of his wife's sudden, accidental death. And there are his two sons who like him struggle in their London apartment to face the unbearable sadness that has engulfed them. The father imagines a future of well-meaning visitors and emptiness, while the boys wander, savage and unsupervised.

In this moment of violent despair they are visited by Crow--antagonist, trickster, goad, protector, therapist, and babysitter. This self-described "sentimental bird," at once wild and tender, who "finds humans dull except in grief," threatens to stay with the wounded family until they no longer need him. As weeks turn to months and the pain of loss lessens with the balm of memories, Crow's efforts are rewarded and the little unit of three begins to recover: Dad resumes his book about the poet Ted Hughes; the boys get on with it, grow up.

Part novella, part polyphonic fable, part essay on grief, Max Porter's extraordinary debut combines compassion and bravura style to dazzling effect. Full of angular wit and profound truths, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers is a startlingly original and haunting debut by a significant new talent.

Author: Max Porter
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: 06/07/2016
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781555977412


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/29/2016
Library Journal 04/15/2016 pg. 84
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2016
Booklist 05/01/2016 pg. 68
Shelf Awareness 06/03/2016

About the Author
Max Porter works in publishing. He lives in South London with his wife and children. Grief Is the Thing with Feathers is his first book.

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