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Book of Longing

by Leonard Cohen

Poems shaped by place and practice

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Poems shaped by place and practice

Written across a five-year period that included time at a Zen monastery on Mount Baldy as well as stays in Los Angeles, Montreal, and Mumbai, Leonard Cohen’s collection brings together poems from several settings. The book is accompanied by Cohen’s own drawings, described as playful and provocative, with images and verse sharing the page. Its subject matter and presentation connect meditation with darker humor, while the poems’ varied locations offer a geographic frame for the collection. This is a volume of poetry with a visual component, not a continuous narrative.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Leonard Cohen’s poetry beyond his earlier collection Book of Mercy.
  • Readers who enjoy poetry presented alongside the author’s drawings.
  • Readers interested in work connected with Zen practice and multiple urban settings.

Themes

Meditation and Zen practiceDark humorPlace and travelPoetry and visual art

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Book overview

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 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.

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