{"product_id":"poems-and-songs-cohen-hardcover","title":"Poems and Songs: Cohen - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeonard Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Faggen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA magnificent hardcover collection of song lyrics and poems from across the storied career of one of the most daring and affecting poet-songwriters in the world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the more than half century since his first book of poems was published, Leonard Cohen has evolved into an international cult figure who transcends genres and generations. This anthology contains a cross section of his five decades of influential work, including such legendary songs as \"Suzanne,\" \"Sisters of Mercy,\" \"Bird on the Wire,\" \"Famous Blue Raincoat,\" and \"I'm Your Man\" and searingly memorable poems from his many acclaimed poetry collections, including Flowers for Hitler, Beautiful Losers, and Death of a Lady's Man. Encompassing the erotic and the melancholy, the mystical and the sardonic, this volume showcases a writer of dazzling intelligence and live-wire emotional immediacy.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeonard Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e's artistic career began in 1956 with the publication of his first book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eLet Us Compare Mythologies\u003c\/i\u003e. He has published two novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Favourite Gam\u003c\/i\u003ee and \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Losers\u003c\/i\u003e, and eleven books of poetry, most recently \u003ci\u003eStranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBook of Longing, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLeonard Cohen: Poems and Songs\u003c\/i\u003e. He has to date released fourteen studio albums, the most recent of which, \u003ci\u003eYou Want It Darker, \u003c\/i\u003ewas 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 Glenn Gould Prize in 2011. Mr. Cohen died in 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 6.3 x 4.49 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754193191200,"sku":"9780307595836","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6f7b2ea19f5f344168064df9879e5965.webp?v=1780035456","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/poems-and-songs-cohen-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}