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Grief Is the Thing With Feathers Paperback - 2016
by Porter, Max,
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- Title Grief Is the Thing With Feathers
- Author Porter, Max,
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Main
- Condition New
- Pages 128
- Language ENG
- Publisher Faber & Faber, London
- Publication date 2016
- Bookseller's Inventory # 26405428
- ISBN 9780571327232
- Quantity available 5
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Reader reviews for Grief Is the Thing With Feathers
Review summary
Readers widely praised Max Porter’s hybrid novella for its original, lyrical portrayal of grief through alternating voices—Dad, the Boys, and a mythic Crow—blending prose, poetry, and fable. Many found it moving, darkly funny in places, and emotionally acute about the messy, non-linear work of mourning, often noting standout, quotable lines and the book’s swift, one-sitting length. The Crow—drawn from Ted Hughes’s “Crow” and paired with an echo of Emily Dickinson—struck some as an inspired metaphor and compassionate guide; for others it felt gimmicky, childish, or impenetrable. Reactions often hinged on readers’ tolerance for experimental form and poetic texture, with several saying familiarity with Hughes enriches the experience but isn’t essential. Overall, a brief, inventive, and polarizing meditation on loss and survival.
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