
Book of Mercy
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Internationally celebrated for his writing and his music, Leonard Cohen is revered as one of the greatest writers, performers, and most consistently daring artists of the last hundred years.
Reviews / Votes
PRAISE FOR LEONARD COHEN: As strong a poet as he is a musician * * Guardian * * Leonard Cohen was the poet laureate of the lack, the psalmist of the privation, who made imperfection gorgeous * * New York Times * * He is a writer of terrific energy and colour, a Rabelaisian comic and a visualiser * * Observer * * Utterly unique and impossible to imitate no matter how hard we tried -- NICK CAVE Awe-inspiring . . . Cohen emerges as the wry, sensual mystic his champions have always known he was * * Sunday Telegraph * * There is something irresistible about Cohen's charm * * New Yorker * * There are very, very few people who occupy the ground that Leonard Cohen walks on -- BONO The best bring an ironic, world-weary sensibility to bear on themes of ageing, sex, sensuality and spirituality * * Financial Times * * 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 * * The Big Issue * *More details
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Person
Among his numerous honours, he is the recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 2010, the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature 2011, the inaugural New England PEN Award for Excellence in Lyrics 2012, the 2016 Juno Awards for Song of the Year and Album of the Year, and he has been inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the US Songwriters Hall of Fame. He died in November 2016.
Content
- Intro
- Half-title Page
- Also by Leonard Cohen
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- I
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- II
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- 32
- 33
- 34
- 35
- 36
- 37
- 38
- 39
- 40
- 41
- 42
- 43
- 44
- 45
- 46
- 47
- 48
- 49
- 50
- Index of Opening Phrases
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