First edition fourth impression in fine condition, signed and inscribed by Leonard Cohen to title page, no markings, the book is in as new condition, please see pics. jacket in removable protective sleeve.
Book of Longingwas the first new poetry book byLeonard Cohensince 1984’sBook of Mercy. First published in 2006 byMcClelland and Stewart,Book of Longingcontains 167 previously unpublishedpoemsand drawings, mostly written at a Zen monastery onMount BaldyinCalifornia, where Cohen lived from 1994 to 1999, and in India, which he visited regularly during the late 1990s. The book also incorporates a number of poems written after his 1978 book,Death of a Lady’s Man(not to be confused with his 1977 album,Death of a Ladies’ Man). These presumably were left out of his 1984Book of Mercy, which contained only psalm-like meditations.Book of Longingalso collects some of the lyrics to songs from the albumsTen New Songs(2001) andDear Heather(2004)
