GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS

Book ID/图书代码： 04560014B74926

English Summary/英文概要： In this extraordinary debut – part novella, part polyphonic fable, part essay on grief, Max Porter’s compassion and bravura style combine to dazzling effect. Full of unexpected humour and profound emotional truth, Grief is the Thing with Feathers marks the arrival of a thrilling new talent.

Once upon a time there was a crow, a fairly famous Crow, who wanted nothing more than to care for a pair of motherless children...

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 selfdescribed sentimental bird is attracted to the grieving family and threatens to stay until they no longer need him. As weeks turn to months and the physical pain of loss gives way to memories, this little unit of three begins to heal.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在这部融合了小说、寓言、散文风格的非凡处女作中，作者充满悲悯的华美风格展现出炫丽的效果。小说充满了意想不到的幽默和深刻感人的真相，标志着一位天才作家的诞生。

很久以前，有一只非常有名的乌鸦想要照顾两个失去母亲的孩子…… 在伦敦的一间公寓内，两个小男孩因为母亲的猝死而陷入了悲痛。他们的父亲，一位特德•休斯学者，想象着即将迎来许多好心到访者的空虚未来。

在这个绝望的时刻，他们迎来了扮演着反对者、骗子、治疗师和保姆多重身份的乌鸦。这只自称多愁善感的乌鸦被这个家庭所吸引，并决定一直待到他们不再需要他为止。随着时间的流逝，失去家人造成的身理痛苦终于成为了回忆，三个人开始慢慢恢复。（LYR）

Awards/获奖情况：“这是一个引人入胜的故事。Max通过小说诉说着各个人物的生活，最终构成了一个深深打动人心的故事，每一页都充满了惊喜。与Max共事的人都知道他是世界上最敏感、最具洞察力的文学作品读者之一。我们可以从他自己的作品中发现这些天赋，还有幽默、悲悯和华丽的风格。本书宣告了一位天才作家的诞生，也是费伯出版社又一本虚构类好书。”——Hannah Griffiths

“读完本书，我感到惊讶、困惑、振奋又疲惫。我从没读到过这样的作品。这太棒了……每一个曾经爱过、失去过的人都会被它吸引。小说既悲伤又有趣。乌鸦是我多年来见过的最最黑暗的人物——是（有羽毛的）克里斯托弗•沃肯和（蝙蝠侠中的）小丑的混血。”——Robert MacFarlane

"The story is breathtaking. In this short fiction, Max conjures the lives of his characters and shapes a profoundly affecting story that surprises on every page. Anyone who has worked with Max knows him to be one of the most sensitive and insightful readers of literary work. Here we see those gifts in his own writing along with humour, compassion and bravura style. This book is the announcement of a great new talent and an exciting addition to the Faber fiction list." Hannah Griffiths

‘I ended it amazed and disturbed and uplifted and shattered. I’ve never read anything like it. It’s dazzlingly good...Anyone who has ever loved someone, or lost someone, or both, will be gripped by it. It’s very sad and very funny. Crow is the blackest, blankest bad-guy I’ve met for years: Christopher Walken cross-bred with The Joker (in feathers).’ Robert MacFarlane

The book is shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and highly tipped to win, and we have just pressed the button on our third printing only a week after publication. This really is phenomenal. We have also received strong interest in the last few days from Swedish and Finnish publishers.

The Dylan Thomas Prize is awarded for for the best work of English-language literary fiction – poetry, drama or prose – by a writer of 39 or under, marking Thomas’s own death shortly after his 39th birthday.

We are delighted, Max is delighted, and I’m sure that the publishers who’ve licensed this title will be thrilled too, so do please share this marvellous news with them.

As a reminder, we’ve sold in seventeen territories so far - Bulgaria (Labyrinth), Denmark (Gyldendal), France (Editions du Seuil), Germany (Carl Hanser Verlag), Holland (De Bezige Bij), Israel (Keter), Italy Italy (Guanda), Norway (Cappelen Damm), Portugal (20/20), US (Graywolf Press), Romania (Pandora), Serbia (Izdavacka kuca Dereta), Spain and Catalan (La Galera), Sweden (Sekwa), Turkey (Monokl), and for audio (Audible) With all best wishes

Max Porter won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year award last night for GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS! We are so thrilled and very proud!

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/08/max-porter-wins-young-writer-of-the-year-grief-is-the-thing-with-feathers

About the Author/作者介绍： Max Porter works in publishing. He lives in South London with his wife and children. Grief is the Thing with Feathers is his first book.

Format:TRADE PAPERBACK

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：SOLD

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：SOLD

Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：a forthcoming film adaptation of Max Porter’s GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS which will be produced by Film4 and star Benedict Cumberbatch as the lead The full list of publishers is now as follows (brilliant new deals in Israel, Turkey, Denmark (at auction), Italy (a very good pre-empt made yesterday evening)): Rights sold: Arabic (Jalees), Brazil (Darkside), Bulgarian (Labyrinth), Catalan (Enciclopedia Catalan), France (Editions Du Seuil), Germany (Carl Hanser), Hungary (Jelenkor Kiado), Israel (Keter), Italy (Ugo Guanda), Korea (Munhakdongne), Lithuania (Vox Rara), Netherlands (De Bezige Bij), Portugal (Penguin Portugal), Romania (Pandora), Russia (AST), Slovakia (Vydavatel’stvo Inaque), Slovenia (Cankarjeva), Spain (PRH Grupo Editorial), US (Graywolf)

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