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Leonard Cohen: A Novel
Jeffrey Lewis
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Description for Leonard Cohen: A Novel
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The Leonard Cohen at the center of Leonard Cohen: A Novel is an everyman, a would-be artist, a would-be lover, a would-be tragic figure, yet a man haunted by the greatness of his namesake. He struggles to compete. He struggles to be more than a punchline in his own mind. He struggles, in particular, to write one song as great as the least of the great Leonard Cohen's songs. At the center of Leonard's life is Daphne. In their meeting on a Greek island, a contemporary fable of Daphne and Apollo plays out. But even with Daphne, ... Read more
The Leonard Cohen at the center of Leonard Cohen: A Novel is an everyman, a would-be artist, a would-be lover, a would-be tragic figure, yet a man haunted by the greatness of his namesake. He struggles to compete. He struggles to be more than a punchline in his own mind. He struggles, in particular, to write one song as great as the least of the great Leonard Cohen's songs. At the center of Leonard's life is Daphne. In their meeting on a Greek island, a contemporary fable of Daphne and Apollo plays out. But even with Daphne, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
156
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781913368920
SKU
9781913368920
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About Jeffrey Lewis
Jeffrey Lewis has won a string of awards for his novels including the Independent Publishers Gold Medal for Literary Fiction, the Independent Publishers Gold Medal for General Fiction, and the ForeWord Book of the Year Silver Medal for Fiction. His Bealport: A Novel of a Town was a 2019 Maine Literary Awards finalist. He has also received two Emmy Awards ... Read more
Reviews for Leonard Cohen: A Novel
Praise for Jeffrey Lewis ‘Lewis is a master of the subtle interplay of coincidence and character, the light tripping of events that lead to a disaster that seems at once inevitable and yet shocking’ Ron Charles, Washington Post ‘Bittersweet and beautiful in equal measure ... Lewis has earned his place in the domain of contemporary American literature’ Julian Philpot, Nudge ... Read more