Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter

£9.99

Fleur:

‘I honestly couldn’t believe this book when I first read it, and felt so glad that it had been thought up, written down, and published so that the world could read it. The words kick, punch and dazzle, cutting straight to the truth. Luminously, searingly, gut-wrenchingly original.’

Elle:

‘Max Porter knows how to do it. A gut-wrenchingly honest portrayal of grief and loss and an imaginative spin on Ted Hughes’ ‘Crow’. The characters, the situation, the setting – it’s all drawn with an incredible amount of care and it’s so vivid. Profound and beautiful, I know I will go back to this novel again.’  

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Description

A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Winner of the 2016 International Dylan Thomas Prize and the Sunday Times/Peter, Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year award and shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Goldsmiths Prize.

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.

Additional information

Weight 110 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 7 mm
Attribute Value 1

Paperback