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Loading... Book of Longing (original 2006; edition 2007)by Leonard Cohen
Work detailsBook of Longing by Leonard Cohen (2006)
 loosha | Feb 3, 2009 |  This was the first book of poems I read by Leonard and I found it to be truly inspiring. His writing draws you in and takes you places that you can only dream of being. He has had such an eventful life which makes me want to travel around the world. I highly recommend it. (  ) nearlycivilized | Jan 16, 2009 | ’m going to be honest. Poetry intimidates the hell out of me. It didn’t used to be that way. I used to like poetry quite a bit. I like the way that people played with words. I liked the rhythm. But then once upon a time someone told me that I wasn’t just supposed to enjoy a poem. I was supposed to dig into it and flesh out all the symbolism and hidden meaning and blah, blah, blah. I was reading poetry wrong. Basically they sucked the enjoyment completely out of it. I’ve been gradually attempting to work my way back into the whole poetry. But still, I find that often people are seriously well…serious about poetry. And I am not. Which is why I enjoyed Leonard Cohen’s Book Of Longing. While reading it you do get the feeling that Cohen sees the whole poet status thing less than seriously and appears to encourage you to as well. Read the rest here. (  )1  sassymonkey | Dec 30, 2008 | Whimsical, sometimes depressing, always delightful (  ) ElizabethPisani | Apr 19, 2008 | I loved this collection of poetry. It's an eerie-beautiful mix of lamentation (about aging) and pressing on, still loving life. ( ) Ponies | Aug 11, 2007 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 006112561X, Paperback)Leonard Cohen wrote the poems in Book of Longing—his first book of poetry in more than twenty years—during his five-year stay at a Zen monastery on Southern California's Mount Baldy, and in Los Angeles, Montreal, and Mumbai. This dazzling collection is enhanced by the author's playful and provocative drawings, which interact in exciting, unexpected ways on the page with poetry that is timeless, meditative, and often darkly humorous. An international sensation, Book of Longing contains all the elements that have brought Cohen's artistry with language worldwide recognition. (retrieved from Amazon Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:52:40 -0500) "Internationally celebrated for his writing and his music, Leonard Cohen is one of the legendary writers, performers, and most consistently daring artists of our time. Book of Longing is his new collection of poetry - twenty years in the making - written on southern California's Mount Baldy and in Los Angeles, Montreal, and Mumbai. Following his acclaimed 1984 publication, Book of Mercy, and containing Cohen's own line drawings, Book of Longing brings together all the elements that have elevated Leonard Cohen's artistry to worldwide recognition."--BOOK JACKET.… (more) (summary from another edition) |
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Next to it was [The Tent], Atwood's volume of very very short stories and some poems. I lent it out to a very good friend who I believed would understand how I treasured it and haven't seen it for near a year, even after hints. So Leonard Cohen's book is NOT leaving my house!