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Grief Is the Thing with Feathers

(2015)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
2017 ALA Notable Books for Adults (nominee)
2016 Dylan Thomas Prize
2016 Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award
2015 Goldsmiths Prize
2015 Guardian First Book Award (nominee)

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SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Winner of the 2016 International Dylan Thomas Prize and the Sunday Times/Peter, Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year award and shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Goldsmiths Prize.

'Amazing and unforgettable.'THE TIMES
'Dazzlyingly good.' ROBERT MACFARLANE
'Unlike anything I've read before.' GUARDIAN
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.
This extraordinary debut, full of unexpected humour and emotional truth, marks the arrival of a thrilling and significant new talent.





Genre: Literary Fiction

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