Max Porter

In came the sound of a song, warm on his creaturely breath. My singing child, bringing me gifts. A second or two before I realise it's not him. Lanny ?

Lanny

A novel about guilt, rage, imagination, and boyhood, about being lost in the dark and learning you’re not alone This is the story of a few strange hours in the life of a troubled teenage boy. You mustn’t do that to yourself Shy. You mustn’t hurt yourself like that. He is wandering into the night listening to the voices in his head: his teachers, his parents, the people he has hurt and the people who are trying to love him. Got your special meds, nutcase? He is escaping Last Chance, a home for “very disturbed young men,” and walking into the haunted space between his night terrors, his past, and the heavy question of his future. The night is huge and it hurts. In Shy, Max Porter extends the excavation of boyhood that began with Grief Is the Thing with Feathers and continued with Lanny. But here he asks: How does mischievous wonder and anarchic energy curdle into something more disturbing and violent? Shy is a bravura, lyric, music-besotted performance by one of the great writers of his generation.

A Novel

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

Grief is the Thing with Feathers

A bold and brilliant short work by the author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny. Madrid. Unfinished. Man Dying. A great painter lies on his deathbed. Max Porter translates into seven extraordinary written pictures the explosive final workings of the artist's mind.

The Death of Francis Bacon

Roddy Doyle

William Boyd

Philip Pullman

John Wood

Pico Iyer

Chigozie Obioma

Jan Morris

Candice Carty-Williams

Madeleine Thien

Robert Macfarlane

Michael Ondaatje

Jackie Morris

Imtiaz Dharker

Alice Pung

S.F. Said

Salley Vickers

Jancis Robinson

Dina Nayeri

David Pilling

Andy Miller

Sisonke Msimang

Markus Zusak

'This story, like so many stories, begins with a gift. The gift, like so many gifts, was a book...' So begins the essay by Robert Macfarlane that inspired this collection. In this cornucopia of an anthology, you will find essays by some of the world's most beloved novelists, nonfiction writers, essayists and poets. 'You will see books taking flight in flocks, migrating around the world, landing in people's hearts and changing them for a day or a year or a lifetime. 'You will see books sparking wonder or anger; throwing open windows into other languages, other cultures, other minds; causing people to fall in love or to fight for what is right. 'And more than anything, over and over again, you will see books and words being given, received and read - and in turn prompting further generosity.' Published to coincide with the 20th anniversary of global literacy non-profit, Room to Read, The Gifts of Reading forms inspiring, unforgettable, irresistible proof of the power and necessity of books and reading. Inspired by Robert Macfarlane Curated by Jennie Orchard With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Chigozie Obioma, Michael Ondaatje, David Pilling Max Porter, Philip Pullman, Alice Pung, Jancis Robinson, S.F.Said, Madeleine Thien, Salley Vickers, John Wood and Markus Zusak

The Gifts of Reading

Grief is the Thing with Feathers / On Grief and Grieving / Mindset / The Art of Happiness 10th Anniversary Edition

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. As weeks turn to months and the pain of loss gives way to memories, the little unit of three starts to heal. 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.--

Tüylü Bir Seydir Su Yas

A bánat egy tollas állat

Il dolore è una cosa con le piume

Trauer ist das Ding mit Federn

Cillian Murphy

All Of This Unreal Time

In a dilapidated mansion, in the middle of the night, a young man is considering what could be his final decision in this world. The rucksack is shockingly heavy. The floorboards complain. He checks again, the spliff is diagonal-snug in the empty Embassy box. The daytime check is a half-dream away. The room is molten soft. Tempting. Jumpy. The rucksack is shockingly heavy. It’s 3:13 a.m. Shy. A troubled teen, a "dangerous young man," a reject from the social structures that no longer wish to nurture him. Shy knows that society has not failed him, he has failed it—parents, schooling, friends and sometime girlfriends. Judged and found wanting, he now lives at Last Chance, a boarding school for boys like him. Set over a few hours of a single evening, Shy exists between the stillness and beauty of a nocturne and the exhilarating shout of simultaneous teenage joy and anguish. With leaps of linguistic brilliance and wild energy, this is an utterly immersive novel in its authenticity and heart-breaking honesty. As with all Porter’s writing, the darkness is indivisible from a core of humour and humanity. It is his greatest feat of empathy yet.

Dit is het verhaal van een paar opmerkelijke uren uit het leven van een getroebleerde tiener. Hij wandelt de nacht in en luistert naar de stemmen in zijn hoofd: die van zijn leraren, zijn ouders, de mensen die hij pijn heeft gedaan, de mensen die van hem proberen te houden. Hij ontsnapt aan Laatste Kans, een tehuis voor ‘moeilijk opvoedbare jongemannen’ en aan zijn nachtelijke angsten, zijn verleden en de beladen vraag of hij een toekomst heeft.
Shy is een roman over eenzaamheid en jezelf verliezen, en tot de ontdekking komen dat je niet alleen bent. 

Mark Haddon

Sarah Perry

Andrew Michael Hurley

Kate Clanchy

Kamila Shamsie

Jeanette Winterson

Stuart Evers

Ocho destacados escritores contemporáneos reinterpretan las clásicas historias de fantasmas en esta inquietante colección de relatos ambientados en las localizaciones más misteriosas de las islas británicas. Inglaterra es por excelencia la tierra de las apariciones y los lugares encantados. Para este libro, ocho prominentes novelistas británicos tuvieron la oportunidad de elegir un edificio perteneciente al English Heritage ;una institución pública que protege y promueve el patrimonio histórico inglés; y permanecer en él después del horario de visita habitual. Inmersos en la historia, la atmósfera y las leyendas sobre esos emplazamientos, canalizaron la parte más oscura de su fantasía para crear las extraordinarias historias de fantasmas contemporáneas recogidas en este volumen. La mansión jacobea de Audley, el fuerte romano de Housesteads, los castillos de Dover, Kenilworth, Pendennis y Carlisle, el palacio de Eltham y un búnker de la Guerra Fría situado en York. Entre los muros de estos famosos lugares encantados, cada autor encontró la inspiración necesaria para reinterpretar a su manera las clásicas ghost stories, que llevan aterrorizando desde hace generaciones a cuantos lectores se acercan a ellas.

Ocho fantasmas ingleses

Bridkost je stvar s peresi

UN ECCEZIONALE ESORDIO LETTERARIO UNO DEI MIGLIORI 100 LIBRI DEL 2016 SECONDO IL NEW YORK TIMES «Un libro denso, coraggioso e ingegnoso, buffo e commovente... Lo rileggerò presto.» Nick Hornby «Ti trascina su ali piumate.» The Guardian «Caldo e vero: una prodigiosa medicina per l’anima.» The Telegraph «Porter dà voce al dolore in tutte le sue sfaccettature emotive... Imprevedibile e coinvolgente.» The Wall Street Journal «Il dolore è una cosa con le piume è la prova del valore salvifico che hanno i libri e la letteratura.» Los Angeles Times Una sofferenza indicibile che travolge e stordisce. Un uomo, studioso di Ted Hughes, è rimasto solo con i due figli, nella loro casa di Londra, dopo la morte della moglie. I tre devono fare i conti con un tempo che si è fermato, con un dolore ingombrante come una presenza. Fino alla visita inaspettata di uno strano personaggio che ha le piume e l’aspetto di un corvo. Un corvo dotato di un feroce senso dell’umorismo, un po’ baby-sitter, un po’ terapeuta, ma soprattutto amico. Un corvo che potrebbe aiutarli a venire a patti con la sofferenza e a dare un senso a un evento terribile. Sogno o realtà? Quello che è certo è che i ricordi feriscono, ma a poco a poco leniscono anche. E giorno dopo giorno il tempo ricomincia a scorrere. Fiaba, romanzo, poesia, questo libro è una struggente storia sul dolore, sulla perdita, e sulla forza dell’immaginazione e delle parole che aiutano a vivere.

Twee jongens in Londen worden geconfronteerd met een ondraaglijk verdriet als plotseling hun moeder sterft. De vader, biograaf van de dichter Ted Hughes, voorziet een toekomst met goedbedoelende bezoekers en een grote leegte. Op dit moment van tegenspoed wordt de familie bezocht door Kraai – tegenspeler, bedrieger, genezer, babysitter. Deze teergevoelige vogel voelt zich aangetrokken tot de rouwende familie en dreigt bij ze te blijven tot ze hem niet meer nodig hebben. Wanneer de weken tot maanden worden en de pijn van het verlies plaatsmaakt voor mooie herinneringen, begint het helingsproces van het drietal. Onverwacht humoristisch en waarlijk emotioneel: 'Verdriet is het ding met veren' is een debuut om nooit meer te vergeten. 'We missen onze moeder, we houden van onze vader, we zwaaien naar kraaien. Zo vreemd is dat niet.'

Verdriet is het ding met veren

This is the story of race horse trainer Buddy Miller and the one year that changed his life forever. Buddy will navigate through the daily rigors of his life on the race track, the murder of his college friend and moving to Kentucky to train some of the best horses he has ever had.Training racehorses is a tough profession. It takes a set of skills that not everyone possesses. It takes someone that is mentally tough enough to face defeat day in and day out because a trainer loses 80% of his races. It takes a person that is confident enough in his own abilities.

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