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4 de feb. de 2006 · Uneven in places, and undeniably young (from an artist who always seemed prematurely aged and sagacious), it’s definitely worth reading. The fiction in “A Ballet of Lepers” was written ...
ISBN 9780802160478. A never-before-published early novel and stories by the legendary musician, songwriter, and poet Leonard Cohen. Before Leonard Cohen’s worldwide fame expanded to fourteen studio albums, Grammy awards, and late-career global tours, he yearned for literary stardom. The Canadian songwriter of iconic hits like “Hallelujah ...
In A Ballet of Lepers, readers will discover that the magic that animated Cohen’s unforgettable body of work was present from the very beginning. Written between 1956 in Montreal, just as Cohen was publishing his first poetry collection, and 1961, when he’d settled on Greece’s Hydra island, the pieces in this collection offer startling ...
A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories. Hardcover – 11 Oct. 2022. An unprecedented glimpse into the formation of the legendary talent of Leonard Cohen. Before the celebrated late-career world tours, before the Grammy awards, before the chart-topping albums, before 'Hallelujah' and 'So Long, Marianne' and 'Famous Blue Raincoat', the young ...
- Hardcover
- Leonard Cohen
In A Ballet of Lepers, readers will discover that the magic that animated Cohen’s unforgettable body of work was present from the very beginning. Written between 1956 in Montreal, just as Cohen was publishing his first poetry collection, and 1961, when he’d settled on Greece’s Hydra island, the pieces in this collection offer startling ...
- Hardcover
- Leonard Cohen
11 de oct. de 2022 · The titular novel, A Ballet of Lepers—one he later remarked was “probably a better novel” than his celebrated book The Favourite Game—is a haunting examination of these elements in tandem, focusing on toxic relationships and the lengths to which one will go to maintain them, while the fifteen stories, as well as the playscript, probe ...
The title of the novel, A Ballet of Lepers, alerts readers to Cohen’s frequently deployed use of opposites. As in much of his work, the ugly and the beautiful are juxtaposed to illuminate each one’s presence within its opposite.
