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Grief Is the Thing with Feathers

- A Novel
Af: Max Porter Engelsk Paperback

Grief Is the Thing with Feathers

- A Novel
Af: Max Porter Engelsk Paperback
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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.

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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.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 128
ISBN-13: 9781555977412
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1555977413
Kategori: Moderne Samtidslitteratur
Udg. Dato: 7 jun 2016
Længde: 2mm
Bredde: 211mm
Højde: 230mm
Forlag: Graywolf Press
Oplagsdato: 7 jun 2016
Forfatter(e): Max Porter
Forfatter(e) Max Porter

Kategori Moderne Samtidslitteratur

ISBN-13 9781555977412

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 128

Udgave

Længde 2mm

Bredde 211mm

Højde 230mm

Udg. Dato 7 jun 2016

Oplagsdato 7 jun 2016

Forlag Graywolf Press

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