Divisible by Itself and One: Kae Tempest

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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.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Divisible by Itself and One is the powerful new collection from our foremost truth-teller Kae Tempest.The abstractness and symbolism in many instances obscures the message and meaning of the poem despite the power of the language used by the poet.

The million copy bestseller, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, is an immensely powerful and heartbreaking novel of brotherly love and. Questions of integrity – hence the prime number of the title – are addressed in direct, affecting terms: how can we be true to ourselves while under constant pressure to conform? Tempest uses words like a time traveller, taking the reader into fragments of their own lives, successes and heartbreaks. As with most poetry collection, there were some poems I liked better than others and I do think I like some of Tempest's other works better, but this was still very good and very powerful! Even in cases where the poem itself didn't touch me as much as others, it still had a melodic flow that made it very enjoyable to read.I enjoy their poems the most when they tell a story, more than when they “just” describe a feeling or situation. Featuring a vibrant rainbow design, and our super-sized Q logo, you won't find a more stylish way to make a statement. Their books have been translated into eleven languages and published to critical acclaim around the world.