Description
| Product ID: | 9781529045260 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Paradise |
| Authors: | Author: Kae Tempest |
| Page Count: | 144 |
| Subjects: | Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Classical texts, Plays, playscripts, Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Plays, playscripts, Ancient Greek religion & mythology, Ancient Greece |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A stunning play from the Mercury Prize-winning poet Kae Tempest. <p><b>‘Tempest has a gift for shattering and transcending convention.’ <i>New York Times</i></b><br><br>Philoctetes lives in a cave on a desolate island: the wartime hero is now a wounded outcast. Stranded for ten years, he sees a chance of escape when a young soldier appears with tales of Philoctetes’ past glories. But with hope comes suspicion – and, as an old enemy emerges, he is faced with an even greater temptation: revenge.<br><br>Kae Tempest is now widely acknowledged as a revolutionary force in contemporary British poetry, music and drama; they continue to expand the range of their work with a new version of Sophocles’ Philoctetes in a bold new translation. Like Brand New Ancients before it, Paradise shows Tempest’s gift for lending the old tales an immediate contemporary relevance – and will find this timeless story a wide new audience.</p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-08-05 |
