GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS
Εκδότης Faber & Faber , ISBN 9780571327232
Once upon a time there was a crow, a fairly famous Crow, who wanted nothing more than to care for a pair of motherless children...
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. As weeks turn to months and the pain of loss gives way to memories, the little unit of three starts to heal.
In this extraordinary debut - part novella, part polyphonic fable, part essay on grief - Max Porter's compassion and bravura style combine to dazzling effect. Full of unexpected humour and profound emotional truth, Grief is the Thing with Feathers marks the arrival of a thrilling new talent.
Περίληψη
Once upon a time there was a crow, a fairly famous Crow, who wanted nothing more than to care for a pair of motherless children...
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. As weeks turn to months and the pain of loss gives way to memories, the little unit of three starts to heal.
In this extraordinary debut - part novella, part polyphonic fable, part essay on grief - Max Porter's compassion and bravura style combine to dazzling effect. Full of unexpected humour and profound emotional truth, Grief is the Thing with Feathers marks the arrival of a thrilling new talent.
Πληροφορίες προϊόντος
- Συγγραφέας Porter, Max
- Eκδότης Faber & Faber
- ISBN 9780571327232
- Κωδικός Ευριπίδη 040100091763
- Έτος κυκλοφορίας 2016
- Σελίδες 128
- Διαστάσεις
- Βάρος 350 gr
