Max Porter is celebrated for his distinctive and intense writing style. His works delve into complex emotions like grief and loss, exploring them with profound sensitivity and poetic depth. Porter's approach to narrative is innovative, blending prose, poetry, and fragmented forms to create a powerful and memorable reading experience. His ability to penetrate the human psyche and articulate universal truths through an original literary form marks him as a significant contemporary voice.
From the bestselling author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny, Shy is a novel about guilt, rage, imagination and boyhood. It is about being lost in the dark, and realising you are not alone.'Max Porter is one of my favourite writers in the world.' George Saunders 'Beautiful and haunting.' Kevin Barry 'The strangest, mo[Bokinfo].
A bold and brilliant short work by the author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny. 'A little masterpiece.' Irish Times'Luminous.' Observer'One of our most exciting writers.' The SpectatorMadrid.
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.
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 ?
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.