BOOK REVIEW: Grief Is The Thing With Feathers (2015) by Max Porter“Grief is the thing with fea
BOOK REVIEW: Grief Is The Thing With Feathers (2015) by Max Porter“Grief is the thing with feathers,” eh? I see what you did there.Read me, he said.Just because the title grabbed me? I don’t think so. Have you seen my list of books to read? Who wrote you?Max Porter.I’ve never heard that name before.I’m his first book.Crow is an immaculate conception, a virgin birth (not that Max Porter is a virgin, although he might be, you never know).I’ve never heard of you and I have no idea what you are. I bought three books this week that I want to read – forget it.Rat-a-tat-tat.I can’t. I am crushed by the weight of all the books I haven’t read. Go away.Rat-a-tat-tat. Knock. Knock.No.But I’m really short. Look at me. You could finish me this afternoon if you wanted to.Stop.Rat-a-tat-tat. BANG. BANG.FINE. (I throw my twenty-euro bill on the counter like it has personally offended me.)No need for that kind of violence.Shut up.Read More -- source link
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