Name: Divisible by Itself and One By Kae Tempest
SKU: 9781529073119
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Divisible by Itself and One Summary

Divisible by Itself and One by Kae Tempest

I want to sing you early songs. Go deeper.
I want to take you back where you began,
Find the scraps of you you hid in secret
And bring them back to life beneath my tongue.

Divisible by Itself and One is the powerful new collection from our foremost truth-teller Kae Tempest. Ruminative, wise, with a newer, more contemplative and metaphysical note running through, it is a book engaged with the big questions and the emotional states in which we live and create. Some of the poems experiment with form, some are free, and yet all are politically and morally conscious. Divisible by Itself and One is also a book about human form, the body as boundary and how we are read by the world. Taking its bearings - and title - from the prime number, Divisible by Itself and One is concerned, ultimately, with integrity: how to live in honest relationship with oneself and others.

Tempest delivers their thoughts gorgeously, rhythmically, but also with clarity and a fierce grace Observer

Divisible by Itself and One Reviews

A winning wielder of words * Observer *
Tempest has forged their own voice, unlike anything else in the mainstream poetry world * Independent on Sunday *
One of the brightest British talents around * Guardian *
[Tempest] has made history, transcending the line between poetry and music * The Telegraph *
'Like the great Philip Larkin, Tempest has an ability to write about big, metaphysical subjects in the most vernacular language, while conjuring a sense of contemporary English life with a handful of chiselled lines . . . shuttles easily back and forth between the mundane and the mythic, the banal and philosophical' * The New York Times *
Dazzling wordsmithery. . . As anyone who has seen them perform will know, they don't just paint pictures with words when they perform, they paint fireworks in the night sky * Metro *

About Kae Tempest

Kae Tempest is a poet. They are also a writer, a lyricist, a performer and a recording artist. They have published plays, poems, a novel, a book-length essay, released albums and toured extensively, selling out shows from Reykjavik to Rio de Janeiro.

They received Mercury Music Prize nominations for both of the albums Everybody Down and Let Them Eat Chaos, and two Ivor Novello nominations for their song-writing on The Book of Traps and Lessons. They were named a Next Generation Poet in 2014, a once-in-a-decade accolade. Tempest also received the Ted Hughes Award for their long-form narrative poem Brand New Ancients and the Leone D'Argento at the Venice Teatro Biennale for their work as a playwright.

Their books have been translated into eleven languages and published to critical acclaim around the world. They were born in London in 1985 where they still live. They hope to continue putting words together for a long time.

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Sku

GOR013114629

ISBN 13

9781529073119

ISBN 10

1529073111

Title

Divisible by Itself and One by Kae Tempest

Author

Kae Tempest

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Pan Macmillan

Year published

2023-04-27

Number of pages

64

Prizes

N/A

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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

Note

This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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Divisible by Itself and One by Kae Tempest

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