Kae Tempest — Paradise
London, Picador, 2021. First edition. Paperback. A first edition, first impression of Tempest"s bold reimagining of Philoctetes, signed by the author. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps.The first edition, first impression, complete with the full number line. Bookplate signed by the author, Kae Tempest, to the title page.A bold new version of Sophocles" Philoctetes. in which he lives alone in a cave on a desolate island. Once a celebrated wartime hero, he is now a wounded outcast. After ten years in isolation, he glimpses a chance of escape when a young soldier arrives bearing stories of his former glory. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. Externally, lovely, with the slightest trace of shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Signed bookplate to title page. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .
