Leonard Cohen

Book of Longing

ephe

expected a lot from this collection and im left disappointed

I.m. ruzz

I put off the reading of this book for a long time. I did because I had glanced over it in the book store and felt clearly that the man who wrote so many of the poems I loved had given into his bitterness, and feelings of age induced obsolescence. To evolve into it would have brought a more complete ending to the arc of his poetical view of life. I would have loved that book. 

rather, the beautiful world cohen created for us where girls with flowing manes and filigree earrings getting into long cars has come apart by his pen, and in our hands as we read. The lie is found out. The sacred burned and we are left with a much less interesting take on bitterness than bukowski gave us. we are left with a man who lost faith in the world he created--and brought us all to--and more than that, lost faith in the power of his words to make those words mean something.

ame 

Internationally celebrated for his writing and his music, Leonard Cohen is one of the great writers, performers, and most consistently daring artists of our time. Book of Longingis his eagerly awaited new collection of poems, following his highly acclaimed 1984 title Book of Mercy, and his hugely successful 1993 publication, Stranger Music. Book of Longingcontains erotic, playful and provocative line drawings by the author, which interact in exciting and unexpected ways on the page with poetry that is timeless, meditative, and at times darkly humorous. The book brings together all the elements that have brought Leonard Cohen's artistry with language world-wide recognition. Book of Longingdemonstrates the range and depth of Cohen's work, revealing an extraordinary gift of language and visual art that speak with rare clarity, passion and timelessness.

Book of Longing

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