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Book of Longing

By: Leonard Cohen
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 0141027568
ISBN-13: 9780141027562
Released: 02 Aug 2007
RRP: £8.99
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Portrait Of The Artist As A Wise Man - By: A. D. K. Miller, 25 Aug 2008
As fans of his music will testify, Leonard Cohen has a unique gift for translating emotion into words with art & sincerity. This book consists of various poems, passages & doodles that bear alll the halllmarks of classic Cohen. Anyone who has ever struggled in life with crushing disappointment may recognize Cohen's perfect verbal distillation of their pain. Others will just enjoy the humour, wisdom & frankness. Many people are put off from reading poetry because of the unintelligible abstraction that characterizes so much of the medium. This well-presented volume is the perfect antidote. The pieces vary in subject & scope, but women & growing old are recurring themes. The prevailing impression is that Leonard Cohen is very modest - especiallly considering the fame & adulation he has enjoyed & endured since the sixties - & that he tries to do, & be, his best. The word is "mensch".