Various positions : a life of Leonard Cohen
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Various positions : a life of Leonard Cohen
（Jewish history, life, and culture / Michael Neiditch, series editor）
University of Texas Press, 2007, c1996
1st University of Texas Press ed
- : pbk
Available at 2 libraries
Note
Bibliography: p. 288
Discography: p. 289-290
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Known as the "Prince of Bummers," Leonard Cohen is a multi-talented poet, singer-songwriter, novelist, and Zen Buddhist whose career has spanned more than forty years and inspired countless other artists. In this critically acclaimed biography originally published in 1996 by Pantheon Books, Ira Nadel draws on extensive interviews with Cohen, as well as excerpts from his unpublished letters, journals, notebooks, songs, and other writings, to offer a full portrait of this enigmatic man and his artistic career. A new concluding chapter brings Cohen's story up-to-date, including the release of the albums Dear Heather, Ten New Songs, The Essential Leonard Cohen, and Blue Alert, as well as the publication of Book of Longing and the screening of the documentary film Leonard Cohen, I'm Your Man.
Table of Contents
Introduction1. The Root of the Chord2. Life in a Golden Coffin3. Passion Without Flesh4. Molecules Dancing in the Mountains5. Hopelessly Hollywood6. Cocktails in the Shaving Kit7. Black Photograph8. Ain't No Cure for Love9. Trumpets and a Curtain of Razor Blades10. Tibetan Desire11. New Scripture12. Plastic Algebra13. My Secret LifeAfterwordBibliographyDiscographyAcknowledgmentsNotesIndexPermissions
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