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Mens en far og hans to sønner er allermest i sorg over tabet af moderen, dukker en krage op ved hoveddøren. Den nægter at forlade dem, før de alle har det bedre igen.
An odd little novella about a family mourning their wife and mother and a crow that moves in to help them deal with their grief. The Ted Hughes allusions went over my head, though I know he wrote a "crow" book. The title, of course, refers to Emily Dickinson's poem, which begins:
"Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all -"
I don't think I totally "got" this book but I enjoyed the listen. Grief is such a hard thing to write about - so complex and personal - but Porter does it well.
I read the Dutch version of this book. There are great observations and lovely sentences in it, but overall it didn't live up to the hype for me. I might try one of his other books. ( )
This is one of those books that confuses me, because I don't understand why people like it. I found it so irritating that I couldn't finish it. If you loved it, tell me why. I really would like to know. ( )
Grief Is the Thing with Feathers is heartrending, blackly funny, deeply resonant, a perfect summation of what it means to lose someone but still to love the world – and if it reminds publishers that the best books aren’t always the ones that can be pigeonholed or precis-ed or neatly packaged, so much the better.
Mens en far og hans to sønner er allermest i sorg over tabet af moderen, dukker en krage op ved hoveddøren. Den nægter at forlade dem, før de alle har det bedre igen.
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"Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -"
I don't think I totally "got" this book but I enjoyed the listen. Grief is such a hard thing to write about - so complex and personal - but Porter does it well.
4 stars ( )