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Grief is the thing with feathers ; a novel / Max Porter.

By:

Porter, Max

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Minneapolis, MN : Graywolf Press , 2015Description: 114 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

9781555977412

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Domestic fiction

DDC classification:

FIC POR

LOC classification:

PR6116.O76 G75 2015

Summary: 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. Full of unexpected humour and profound emotional truth, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers marks the arrival of a new talent.

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Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC POR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		048132

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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. Full of unexpected humour and profound emotional truth, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers marks the arrival of a new talent.

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