03056cam a2200493 4500 2630950467 TxAuBib 20251130120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781555979379 1555979378 B0140NXXJM Amazon e6b543e2-8bda-4a3e-ac83-73fe78cf8e6b OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2356092 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Porter, Max. Grief Is the Thing with Feathers [Sunflower eLibrary eBook] : A Novel. Graywolf Press, 2016. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 1780kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. book club recommendations. award winning fiction. contemporary fiction. British Literature . books about family. stage adaptation. English authors. British authors. experimental. debut novel. parenthood. Ted Hughes. marriage. mourning. crow. HTML:<p><b>Soon to be adapted as the major motion picture THE THING WITH FEATHERS, starring Benedict Cumberbatch</b><br /> Here he is, husband and father, scruffy romantic, a shambolic scholar—a man adrift in the wake of his wife's sudden, accidental death. And there are his two sons who like him struggle in their London apartment to face the unbearable sadness that has engulfed them. The father imagines a future of well-meaning visitors and emptiness, while the boys wander, savage and unsupervised.<br /> In this moment of violent despair they are visited by Crow—antagonist, trickster, goad, protector, therapist, and babysitter. This self-described "sentimental bird," at once wild and tender, who "finds humans dull except in grief," threatens to stay with the wounded family until they no longer need him. As weeks turn to months and the pain of loss lessens with the balm of memories, Crow's efforts are rewarded and the little unit of three begins to recover: Dad resumes his book about the poet Ted Hughes; the boys get on with it, grow up.<br /> Part novella, part polyphonic fable, part essay on grief, Max Porter's extraordinary debut combines compassion and bravura style to dazzling effect. Full of angular wit and profound truths, <i>Grief Is the Thing with Feathers</i> is a startlingly original and haunting debut by a significant new talent.</p>. Literature. Fantasy. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Notable Books for Adults. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2025-11-29 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e6b543e2-8bda-4a3e-ac83-73fe78cf8e6b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e6b543e2-8bda-4a3e-ac83-73fe78cf8e6b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)