I'm Your Man
The Life of Leonard Cohen
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:6th Jun '13
Should be back in stock very soon
Published to coincide with Leonard Cohen's exclusive show at London's The O2 on Friday 21 June 2013. This book contains exclusive material and interviews making it THE biography to buy on Leonard Cohen - singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and novelist.
The genius behind such classic songs as Suzanne, So Long, Marianne, and Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen has been one of the most influential songwriters of our time, a man of spirituality, emotion, and intelligence whose work has explored issues of human life - sex, religion, power, meaning, love. This book explores various facets of Cohen's life.
WITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR
The definitive biography of the late Leonard Cohen - singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and novelist.
The genius behind such classic songs as Suzanne, So Long, Marianne, Bird on the Wire and Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen has been one of the most important and influential songwriters of our time, a man of spirituality, emotion, and intelligence whose work has explored the definitive issues of human life - sex, religion, power, meaning, love.
I'm Your Man explores the facets of Cohen's life. Renowned music journalist Sylvie Simmons draws on Cohen's private archives and a wealth of interviews with many of his closest associates, colleagues, and other artists whose work he has inspired.
Containing exclusive material and interviews, this is the biography to buy on Leonard Cohen.
Cohen gets the music biography he truly deserves * Mojo *
Simmons’ clear affection for her subject helps to illuminate Cohen’s motivations and working methods and gives an intriguing insight into his singular mind * Sunday Times *
The year’s most meticulous, elegant and satisfying rock book * Independent *
Simmons loves language, hates cliché and takes her time... [she] recreates long-gone incidents with such vigour that you’d swear Simmons was there at the time, sitting in the corner and taking notes * Guardian *
A well-rounded portrait of the poet-singer…his dry wit finds an echo in Simmons’s phrase-making * Financial Times *
Magnificently detailed and affectionate * Daily Telegraph *
Enthralling, meticulously researched…definitive volume on the guy right at the top of the tower of song * Observer *
Simmons’ stunning biography leaves you wanting more: more on Cohen, more from Cohen an more music biographis as meticulously researched and engagingly written as this…there is no shortage of Cohen studies out there, now there’s no need for any more * Record Collector *
An absorbing and well-rounded biography of the downbeat Canadian troubadour * Sunday Telegraph *
Simmons – a music journalist of impeccable pedigree – triumphantly rises to all challenges * Spectator *
ISBN: 9780099549321
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 45mm
Weight: 495g
576 pages