The father imagines a future of well-meaning visitors and emptiness while the boys wander, savage and unsupervised. And there are his two sons, who, like him, struggle in their London flat to face the unbearable sadness that has engulfed them. Here he is, husband and father, scruffy romantic, a shambolic scholar-a man adrift in the wake of his wife’s sudden, accidental death. Deftly composed and characterized by a buoyancy eliciting a natural empathy, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers is an unassuming totem a quiet testament to the enduring power of story. Porter's slim work exceeds the boundaries of simple classification, offering a timeless, poignant originality that evokes emotion as easily as it does laughter. The three of them are visited by a crow (a la Hughes), offering guidance and a path through the forlorn moments of irremediable loss.įabulistic, tender, droll, expressive, playful, and sincere, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers is indelibly imprinted with a personal yet universal touch. Alone to raise his twin boys, the father must contend with his own sorrow while alleviating the emotional struggles of his young sons. Short yet impressive, Porter's novel(la) is the story of a father (and Ted Hughes scholar) left a single parent following the unexpected death of his wife. The debut outing from Granta Books senior editor Max Porter, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers is a distinctive, outstanding work of fiction.
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