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Poetry Inspirational & Religious

Book of Mercy

by (author) Leonard Cohen

Publisher
McClelland & Stewart
Initial publish date
Mar 2010
Category
Inspirational & Religious, Canadian, Prayer & Spiritual
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780771021879
    Publish Date
    Mar 2010
    List Price
    $19.95

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Description

Popular since its original publication more than 35 years ago, Leonard Cohen's classic book of contemporary psalms is just as relevant and compelling as ever.

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. 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.

About the author

Contributor Notes

LEONARD COHEN's artistic career began in 1956 with the publication of his first book of poetry, Let Us Compare Mythologies. He published two novels, The Favourite Game and Beautiful Losers, and ten previous books of poetry, including Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs and Book of Longing. During a recording career that spanned almost fifty years, he released fourteen studio albums, the last of which, You Want It Darker, was released in 2016. Cohen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008, received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010, and was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature and the Glenn Gould Prize in 2011. He died on November 7, 2016.

Editorial Reviews

"An eloquent victory of the human spirit in combat with itself." —Globe and Mail
"One of the most honest and courageous attempts in Canadian writing to grapple with ultimate truth." —Books in Canada