"In their sleep, they will say what they truly know"
HUGHES, Ted. What Is The Truth?. London: Faber and Faber. 1984.
Oblong 8vo. Orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and beige endpapers; Black and white illustrated dust wrapper; pp. 9-127, [1]; minimal rubbing to top and bottom of spine; otherwise near fine.
First edition with signatures from both Hughes and Lloyd. Additional inscription to friend Nick Grant: "For Nick/with love/from Ted/ December 1990. as well as an especially unique poem, 'There was no God/until belief/Put out a leaf/From the sod…/Then out of grass/ The mighty city/ and many a ditty/ came to pass".
What is The Truth?, winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award and the Signal Poetry Award, is a series of prose-intwined poems regarding a communities relationship with animals, complimented by striking illustration from R.J. Lloyd. God and his son summon the inhabitants of a small village in their sleep and each character must explain an animal that they know well. Hughes is notorious for his ability to use animals as a method of portryaing the inner lives of humans and the human psyche.
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