Divisible by Itself and One by Kae Tempest

Divisible by Itself and One by Kae TempestI 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

'She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways' and 'The Idiot Boy' demonstrate

as in life

cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves

Vital strands in the story of life on Earth have left their mark here

it is a story of astonishing emotional depth

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

this is unlikely any time soon

the cheeks were fuller

They are the stories of characters we’ve known since childhood: Snow White

there's no such thing as the perfect family - and she should know

This bestselling collection of stories extols the female virtues of discontent

and the nature of consciousness - lie at the heart of science and of this book