Ebook {Epub PDF} Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter

 · In Max Porter’s first novel, “Grief Is the Thing With Feathers,” the bird in question takes the form of a metafictional crow, a reference to Ted Hughes that winds its way through this brief Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins. “Part prose, part poetry, [Grief is the Thing with Feathers] is a lyrical explanation of grief and healing; exquisite passages of brilliance and beauty abound throughout.”―Irish Times “Grief is the Thing with Feathers, by Max Porter (Faber), is his debut and it is a book to cherish. It has the perfect balance of being very sad and very funny, full of darkness and full of light.”Cited by: 5.  · The author of an astonishing debut, Grief Is a Thing with Feathers, talks about family, luck, loss and drawing on the inspiration of Ted Hughes. Max Porter: ‘It Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins.

Max Porter's first novel, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers won the Sunday Times/Peter, Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year, the International Dylan Thomas Prize, the Europese Literatuurprijs and the BAMB Readers' Award and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Goldsmiths Prize. Max Porter is the author of Lanny, and Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, which won the International Dylan Thomas Prize and the Sunday Times/Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award, and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Goldsmiths Prize. Grief Is the Thing with Feathers (Paperback) Published August 25th by Faber Faber. Paperback, pages. Author (s): Max Porter. ISBN: (ISBN ) Edition language: English.

Max Porter is a senior editor at Granta Books and Portobello Books. He previously managed an independent bookshop and won the Young Bookseller of the Year aw. Grief is the Thing with Feathers: A Novel. Graywolf Press. Grief is the Thing with Feathers is a novella in which a man with two young sons loses his wife unexpectedly. A crow simply referred to as "Crow" arrives to help the family grieve. Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter review – words take flight. Longlisted for the Guardian first book award, this moving story of a widower and his young sons becomes a profound.