Leonard Cohen
On A Wire
$42.31
- Hardcover
120 pages
- Release Date
16 November 2021
Summary
A captivating, revealing biography of the legendary musician and poet Leonard Cohen opens in Los Angeles on the last night of the man’s life in 2016. Alone in his final hours, the beloved writer and musician ponders his existence in a series of flashbacks that reveal the ups and downs of a storied career.
A young Cohen traded in the promise of steady employment in his family’s Montreal garment business for the unlikely path of a literary poet. His life took another sharp turn when, al…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781770464896 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1770464891 |
| Author: | Philippe Girard, Helge Dascher |
| Publisher: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Imprint: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 120 |
| Release Date: | 16 November 2021 |
| Weight: | 513g |
| Dimensions: | 171mm x 241mm |
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Critics Review
Presented as a series of flashbacks from Cohen s deathbed, this biography recounts highlights from the life of the legendary songwriter. New York Times. Leonard Cohen: On a Wire illuminates the tumultuous life and career of the musician and poet, from his upbringing in Montreal, literary and musical rise to fame, downfalls, and comeback career. Publishers Weekly. Leonard Cohen was a great man, and Canada is rightly proud of him. ‘On A Wire’ might make us even more proud. His was a great life and this great book reflects it. The Toronto Star. Girard offers a portrait of the artist as a young and not-so-young man, drawing on Cohen s creative inspirations, frustrations and personal tragedies. The Forward. [On a Wire] captures Cohen s essence with insight, sensitivity, narrative innovation and visual flair. [It] can take its place among the front rank of Cohen studies. The Montreal Gazette
Philippe Girard
Philippe Girard was born in Quebec City, Canada, in 1971. He published his first comic in a children’s magazine when he was eight years old and has since published more than twenty books. His comics have received the Joe Shuster, the Bedelys Quebec, and the Bedeis Causa Awards. He lives in Quebec, Canada.
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