First published in 1956 when he was twenty-two years old, Let Us Compare Mythologies is Leonard Cohen's first collection of poetry. It is an accomplished and passionate collection which demonstrates Cohen's remarkably assured voice, even as a youn
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First published in 1956 when he was twenty-two years old, Let Us Compare Mythologies is Leonard Cohen's first collection of poetry. It is an accomplished and passionate collection which demonstrates Cohen's remarkably assured voice, even as a youn
This warm and lyrical semi-autobiographical first novel by singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen charts the coming of age of Lawrence Breavman, the only son of a Jewish Montreal family. Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A sc
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. Int
AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR Before 'Hallelujah', 'Suzanne' and 'Famous Blue Raincoat', the young Leonard Cohen was a gifted writer of prose. In this previously unpublished work, readers will discover the magic that animated Cohen&
Før Leonard Cohen blev internationalt berømt som sanger og sangskriver, var han allerede en anerkendt digter. Efter hans populære digtsamling "Book of Mercy" fra 1984, holdt han dog en lang pause fra poesiens verden. Der kom nemlig til at gå 20
This anthology contains a cross-section covering his career, including such legendary songs as 'Suzanne', 'Sisters of Mercy', 'Bird on the Wire', 'Famous Blue Raincoat' and 'I'm Your Man' and searingly memorable
One of the best-known experimental novels of the 1960s, this uninhibited tale centres on the hapless members of a love triangle, and their sexual obsession and shared fascination with a mythic saint. Revolving around four central - and intrinsically flawe
Just weeks before his death in late 2016, Leonard Cohen told The New Yorker that he was ready for the end to come. He just wanted enough time to put his last book in order. Fortunately, that time was granted. The Flame is Cohen's eloquent farewell, a
An iconic poetry collection from American luminary Leonard Cohen, containing some of his most significant verse Leonard Cohen wrote the poems in Book of Longing --his first book of poetry in more than twenty years after 1984's Book of Mercy --during h
One of the best-known experimental novels of the 1960s, Beautiful Losers is Leonard Cohen' s most defiant and uninhibited work. As imagined by Cohen, hell is an apartment in Montreal, where a bereaved and lust-tormented narrator reconstructs his relat
Omdrejningspunktet for Leonard Cohens mest læste roman, Smukke tabere, er de tre hovedpersoners intrikate kærligheds- og elskovstrekant samt deres særdeles fejlbarlige personligheder. Den navnløse hovedperson, hans kone Edith og deres mystiske ven og ment
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR POETRY The Flame is the final work from Leonard Cohen, the revered poet and musician whose fans span generations and whose work is celebrated throughout the world. Featuring po
A magnificent selection of song lyrics and poems from across the storied career of one of the most daring and affecting poet-songwriters in the world. In the more than half century since his first book of poems was published, Leonard Cohen has evolved int
Leonard Cohens debutroman Yndlingslegen fra 1963 er den delvist selvbiografiske fortælling om drømmeren og digteren Lawrence Breavman, eneste søn i en gammel jødisk Montreal-familie, som kaster sig over livets muligheder med glubende appetit. Hans fars ny
I 1963 udkom Leonard Cohens romandebut Yndlingslegen, men allerede i 1956 skrev han den indtil nu uudgivne roman De spedalskes ballet. Senere har Cohen selv udtalt om bogen, at den sikkert er en bedre roman end Yndlingslegen, men det er alligevel først nu
"The Flame" er Leonard Cohens allersidste ord samlet i en dyb, lyrisk og bevægende digtsamling. Før Leonard Cohen gik døden møde i november 2016, samlede han en række hidtil usete digte, tekster og tegninger til denne skønne og rørende digtsamli
Published in 1956 when he was twenty-two years old, Let Us Compare Mythologies is Leonard Cohen's first book. Long out of print, it is now available exactly as it appeared fifty years ago as one of the four hundred copies published by the McGill Poetr
An iconic poetry collection from American luminary Leonard Cohen, containing some of his most significant verse Leonard Cohen wrote the poems in Book of Longing --his first book of poetry in more than twenty years after 1984's Book of Mercy --during h
Previously unseen journals, letters, sketches and more from the vast personal archive of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen is renowned the world over for his meditations on beauty, death, loss and the human heart. The objects, papers and artifacts from Cohen