Grief Is the Thing with Feathers av Max Porter - Pocketbok om sorg og helbredelse

<p><b>A <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY</b><br><b>WINNER OF THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE</b><br><b>WINNER OF THE <i>SUNDAY TIMES/</i>PFD YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD<br>WINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READER AWARD<br>WINNER OF THE EUROPESE LITERATUURPRIJS</b><br><br><b>''Amazing and unforgettable.''</b> <i>THE TIMES</i><br><b>''Dazzlingly good.''</b> ROBERT MACFARLANE<br><b>''Unlike anything I''ve read before.'' </b><i>GUARDIAN</i><br><b>''Captivating, poetic, and surprising.'' </b>CILLIAN MURPHY <br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>As weeks turn to months and the pain of loss gives way to memories, the little unit of three starts to heal.<br><br>Max Porter’s extraordinary debut – part novella, part polyphonic fable, part essay on grief – marked the arrival of a thrilling new literary talent. Ten years on, readers continue to discover and fall in love with <i>Grief is the Thing With Feathers</i>.<br><br><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE</b><br><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE <i>GUARDIAN</i> FIRST BOOK AWARD</b></p>