Grief Is the Thing with Feathers: Max Porter - Softcover

Porter, Max

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571327230 ISBN 13: 9780571327232

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2016

Synopsis

In a London flat, two young boys face the unbearable sadness of their mother's sudden death. Their father, a Ted Hughes scholar and scruffy romantic, imagines a future of well-meaning visitors and emptiness.

In this moment of despair they are visited by Crow - antagonist, trickster, healer, babysitter. This sentimental bird is drawn to the grieving family and threatens to stay until they no longer need him.

This extraordinary debut, full of unexpected humour and emotional truth, marks the arrival of a thrilling and significant new talent.

About this title

Review:

Amazing and unforgettable., The Times

Dazzlingly good . . . Anyone who has ever loved someone, or lost someone, or both, will be gripped by it. It's very sad and very funny. -- Robert Macfarlane

One of the most surprising books this year., Spectator Books of the Year

Unlike anything I've read before., Guardian Books of the Year

A blast and a breeze and, strangely, a delight. -- Jonathan Gibbs, Independent

A beguiling literary hybrid. -- Lucy Scholes, The Observer

Utterly astonishing. Truly, truly remarkable. -- Nathan Filer

Funny and warm and real, this little book is one to linger on and savour. -- Francesca Wade, Telegraph

A luminous reading experience., TLS

Compact and splendid. -- Adam Mars-Jones, London Review of Books

From 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0571327230
• ISBN 13: 9780571327232
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128