Feathered Glory

Name: Feathered Glory
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: James Lasdun
ISBN: 9781980060888

Author: James Lasdun

Narrator: Angelo Di Loreto

Unabridged: 2 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/20/2019

Categories: Fiction, Short Stories, Coming Of Age, Friendship

Synopsis

Feathered Glory explores themes of male friendship, waning middle-aged powers and sexual transgression in a way that couldn't feel more timely. The marriage of a school professor and artist reveals dangerous fault-lines when an old lover reappears in the husband's life and the wife, fascinated by a charismatic wildlife rehabilitator, brings an injured swan into their home.

About James Lasdun

James Lasdun is the author of Afternoon of a Faun, The Fall Guy, The Horned Man, and Seven Lies, several poetry and short story collections, and a memoir. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, he teaches creative writing at The New School and lives in upstate New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Irina on May 31, 2024

I like his style and language. But the endings are very much similar in many stories, symbolic, open and a bit artificial for the lack of a better word. I find these finales to seem like a hommage to some literary genre, not organic or original. Still a beautiful read and highly recommended......more