Let Them Eat Chaos

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 MERCURY MUSIC PRIZE Let Them Eat Chaos, Kae Tempest's new long poem written for live performance and heard on the album release of the same name, is both a powerful sermon and a moving play for voices. Seven neighbours inhabit the same London street, but are all unknown to each other. The clock freezes in the small hours, and, one by one, we see directly into their lives: lives that are damaged, disenfranchised, lonely, broken, addicted, and all, apparently, without hope. Then a great storm breaks over London, and brings them out into the night to face each other - and their last chance to connect. Tempest argues that our alienation from one another has bred a terrible indifference to our own fate, but they counters this with a plea to challenge the forces of greed which have conspired to divide us, and mend the broken home of our own planet while we still have time. Let Them Eat Chaos is a cri de coeur and a call to action, and, both on the page and in Tempest's electric performance, one of the most powerful poetic statements of the year.Author: Tempest, Kae,author
Contributors: Tempest, Kae,author
Binding: paperback
Number Of Pages: 80
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Languages: English,Published,English,Original Language
Edition: Main Market
Published/Release Date: 6 Oct 2016
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher/Studio/Brand: Pan Macmillan
Author/Director/Artist: Kae Tempest
Dimension (cm): 153x197x7 mm
Package Dimension (cm): 6x192x148 mm
Item Weight (g): 132
Package Weight (g): 140