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Leonard Cohen is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. His first book of poetry, âLet Us Compare Mythologiesâ, was published in 1956 and his first novel, the semi-autobiographical âThe Favourite Gameâ, in 1963. Cohen has recorded numerous albums and published several books of poetry and an experimental novel, âBeautiful Losersâ (1966). Cohen lives in Montreal, Canada.
<p>âHe is a writer of terrific energy and colour, a Rabelaisian comic and a visualiser of some memorable scenes.â Observer</p>
<p>ââThe Favourite Gameâ is a morally brave book, intimate and unflinchingâŚLeonard Cohen sustains the highest level of poetic craftsmanship throughout.â Paul Quarrington, author of âWhale Musicâ</p>
<p>âIs there any Canadian novel as compelling and as good at capturing youthful anxieties as J. D. Salingerâs âCatcher in the Ryeâ? AbsolutelyâŚLeonard Cohenâs first novel, âThe Favorite GameââŚOne of the 10 best Canadian novels of the 20th century.â Globe & Mail</p>
This warm and lyrical semi-autobiographical first novel by singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen charts the coming of age of Lawrence Breavman, the only son of a Jewish Montreal family.
âChildren show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the world is made flesh.â
Lawrence Breavman seeks two things: love and beauty. Beginning with the innocent games of delicious misadventure with first love Lisa and the absorbing wanders through Montreal with best friend Krantz, Breavman's tale is a distant echo of âCatcher in the Ryeâ and âPortrait of the Artist as a Young Manâ â injected with 1960s aesthetics and Cohenâs unique poetry. As Breavman grows into a young man, the emerging writer continues his quest for beauty and love, finding himself in the arms of Shell and a burgeoning realisation of his own talent for appreciating majesty in the grotesque.
Semi-autobiographical, the angst and beauty of Cohenâs voice deftly channel the painful confusion of the journey into adulthood, and the friendships, wars and lovers that are our guides.
⢠Awarded Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias literature award in 2011 for a body of work of "immutable merit."
⢠2008 saw Cohenâs first tour in 15 years, selling out globally, including a âhighlight of the Festivalâ appearance at Glastonbury.
⢠In December 2008, X-Factor Winner Alexandra Burkeâs cover of Cohenâs âHallelujahâ reached #1, Jeff Buckleyâs re-released cover #2 and Cohenâs own #35 (over 1,000 renditions of Cohenâs songs have been recorded), renewing interest in the man, his music and his writing and attracting a new league of younger fans.
⢠Described by Lou Reed as among the âhighest and most influential echelon of songwritersâ, Cohen was inducted into the American Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2008 (in the Canadian Hall of Fame in 1991).
⢠Renewed interest in Cohen since his return to the stage after re-emerging from years of seclusion as a Zen Buddhist monk.
⢠Reissued by Blue Door with an in-depth PS Section.
Competition: Catcher In The Rye; On The Road. Leonard Cohen;Bob Dylan; J. D. Salinger; Jack Kerouac; Charles Bukowski;
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Biografisk notat
Leonard Cohen is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. His first book of poetry, âLet Us Compare Mythologiesâ, was published in 1956 and his first novel, the semi-autobiographical âThe Favourite Gameâ, in 1963. Cohen has recorded numerous albums and published several books of poetry and an experimental novel, âBeautiful Losersâ (1966). Cohen lives in Montreal, Canada.