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Leonard Cohen is one of the great writers, performers, and most consistently daring artists of our time.  The Book of Longing brings together all the elements that have brought Leonard Cohen’s artistry with language worldwide recognition.

Book of Longing contains erotic, playful, and provocative line drawings and artwork on every page, by the author, which interact in exciting and unexpected ways on the page with poetry that is timeless, meditative, and at times darkly humorous.

"Tenderness may have replaced passion, but Cohen's ability to capture this shift makes it poignant and meaningful.  Cohen has taken what his friend Irving Layton called 'the inescapable lousiness of growing old' and has given it, in its waning days, a profound romantic dignity." -- Montreal Gazette