Book of Mercy
by Leonard Cohen
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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 available on audio for the first time, 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.Tags
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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.
this came out around the same time as 'various positions' and was in theme. private prayers published as poetry. nothing wrong with that.
Some were good, others less so.
Very LC.
Very LC.
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Leonard Norman Cohen was born in Montreal, Canada on September 21, 1934. He received a degree in English from McGill University and studied literature at Columbia University for a year. His first collection of poetry, Let Us Compare Mythologies, was published in 1956. His other collections of poetry include The Spice-Box of Earth, Flowers for show more Hitler, Death of a Lady's Man, Poems and Songs, and Book of Longing. He also wrote two novels entitled The Favorite Game and Beautiful Losers. He was a musician and songwriter for almost five decades. He recorded 14 studio albums including Songs of Leonard Cohen, Songs from a Room, Songs of Love and Hate, Ten New Songs, Dear Heather, Popular Problems, and You Want It Darker. He wrote numerous songs including Hallelujah, Suzanne, Dress Rehearsal Rag, Bird on a Wire, The Story of Isaac, Famous Blue Raincoat, Dance Me to the End of Love, First We Take Manhattan, Everybody Knows, and Tower of Song. In 2008, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2010, he received a lifetime achievement award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. He died on November 7, 2016 at the age of 82. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Book of Mercy
- Original title
- Book of mercy
- Original publication date
- 1984
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- 8 — Czech, English, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
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