The Book of Longing

by Leonard Cohen (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2006

  $14.04

  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 Longing is 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 Longing contains 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 Longing demonstrates 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.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2006

  $20.22

• New

  Paperback
  2007

  $12.10

  Book of Longing is Leonard Cohen's astonishing new collection of poems, the first since Book of Mercy was published nearly three decades ago. Leonard Cohen made his name as a poet before he came to worldwide attention as a singer and songwriter. Book of Longing , his new collection of poetry, was twenty years in the making and written in Montreal, Mumbai and during his retirement in Mt Baldy. Enhanced by Cohen's own playful and provocative illustrations, these poems show the full range of one of the most influential and enigmatic writers of his generation. Awe-inspiring...Cohen emerges as the wry, sensual mystic his champions have always known he was . ( Sunday Telegraph ). Exceptional. Clear yet steamy, cosmic yet private, both playful and profound...as soulful a credo as he has ever put on paper . ( New York Times ). Playful, colourful, erotic...brilliant and sharp as flint . ( Big Issue ). Dazzling . ( Sunday Herald ). The best bring an ironic, world-weary sensibility to bear on themes of ageing, sex, sensuality and spirituality . ( Financial Times ). A fine book of poems . ( Time Out ). Cohen maps this wasteland of the heart with humour, and sometimes anger . ( Independent ). Cohen's career began in 1956 with the publication of Let Us Compare Mythologies , and he has since published nine books of poems, and has made numerous internationally successful recordings. In a career spanning fifty years, Leonard Cohen has become one of the western world's most popular and innovative creative artists.