J.R. Thorp — Learwife

Edinburgh, Canongate, 2021. First edition. Cloth. A signed, numbered limited first edition of Learwife, a lyrical, feminist reimagining of King Lear, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.This copy is a limited first edition, being copy number one thousand two hundred and forty two of one thousand five hundred signed first editions.This copy is signed by the author to the title page. This work is an evocative reimagining of Shakespeare"s King Lear, told from the perspective of Lear"s queen. According to the Guardian this work is an "impressive, opulently written debut novel begins where King Lear ends, as his invisible queen tells her story at last". This work earned a place in The Observer"s Best Debut Novelists 2021, and was longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Dust wrapper, lovely. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Author's signature to title page. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.