Book of Mercy (1984)

by Leonard Cohen

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Popular since its original publication more than 25 years ago, Leonard Cohen's classic book of contemporary psalms is now beautifully repackaged. Internationally celebrated for his writing and his music, Leonard Cohen is revered as one of the great writers, performers, and most consistently daring artists of our time. Now beautifully repackaged, the poems in Book of Mercy brim with praise, despair, anger, doubt and trust. Speaking from the heart of the modern world, yet in tones that resonate with an older devotional tradition, these verses give voice to our deepest, most powerful intuitions.… (more)

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Book of Mercy is the first poetry collection by Leonard Cohen that I've read yet didn't enjoy. Spirituality has always been a key ingredient of Cohen's art, and it does lend itself to a handful of good lines in this book, but these pages show his religiosity at its most overt. Consequently, it clunks along rather drearily, especially for those of us who feel no need to submit to an obfuscatory divine power. (

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MikeFutcher | Jun 3, 2016 |

this came out around the same time as 'various positions' and was in theme. private prayers published as poetry. nothing wrong with that. (

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Popular since its original publication more than 25 years ago, Leonard Cohen's classic book of contemporary psalms is now beautifully repackaged. Internationally celebrated for his writing and his music, Leonard Cohen is revered as one of the great writers, performers, and most consistently daring artists of our time. Now beautifully repackaged, the poems in Book of Mercy brim with praise, despair, anger, doubt and trust. Speaking from the heart of the modern world, yet in tones that resonate with an older devotional tradition, these verses give voice to our deepest, most powerful intuitions.

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