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Grief Is the Thing with Feathers

Grief Is the Thing with Feathers

by Max Porter
Hardback
Publication Date: 05/06/2025

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Marking ten years of a contemporary classic, this hardback features unseen artwork throughout and a cover based on a facsimile of the author's own first edition.

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.

Max Porter's extraordinary debut - part novella, part polyphonic fable, part essay on grief - marked the arrival of a thrilling new literary talent. This stunning hardback replicates the author's personal first edition to celebrate ten years of a contemporary classic.

ISBN:
9780571395279
9780571395279
Category:
Wildlife: birds & birdwatching
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
05-06-2025
Language:
English
Publisher:
Faber & Faber, Limited
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
128
Dimensions (mm):
197.99x129.01mm
Max Porter

Max Porter's first novel, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, won the Sunday Times/Peters, 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. It has been translated into twenty-seven languages. Max lives in Bath with his family.

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