Categorie: faber books
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Grief is the Thing with Feathers
Author: Max Porter Publisher: Faber & Faber Publishing year: 2015 Pages: 118 Coverdesign: Faber Cover illustration: Eleanor Crow ISBN: 978-0571327232 https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571383795-grief-is-the-thing-with-feathers/ Review: Grief personified When a husband and his two sons loose their wife/mother, grief becomes a huge part of their life. Even though the boys seem to be able to cope with it a…
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The Death of Francis Bacon
Author: Max Porter Publisher: Faber & Faber Publishing year: 2021 Pages: 74 Cover design: Faber ISBN: 978-0571366514 https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571370702-the-death-of-francis-bacon/ Review: A Painted Veil The final days of the painter Francis Bacon ((1909-1992) are portrayed in this novella by Max Porter, in seven fictitious paintings. Through these seven paintings we see through the eyes of the painter…
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So late in the Day
Author: Claire Keegan Publisher: Faber Books Publishing year: Pages: 47 Coverdesign: Faber Cover art: Study No. 5 by Ciara Roche ISBN: 978-0571382019 https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571382019-so-late-in-the-day/ Review: Cathal has another uneventful Friday, July 29th, and he’s about to step into a bus, towards the long weekend. While facing the weekend and during the trip on the bus and…
