Various Positions: A Life of Leonard Cohen

About this book

Reissued with a new afterword Leonard Cohen is back! With a #1 bestselling poetry collection The Book of Longing flying off bookshelves; Lian Lunsons acclaimed documentary Leonard Cohen: Im Your Man in theatres this summer (the DVD will release this fall); and the superb soundtrack in music stores everywhere Leonard Cohen proves he is Canadas most enduring icon. Now in the newly reissued Various Positions Ira Nadel peels back the many layers to reveal the man and explain the fascinating relationship between Leonard Cohens life and his art. This book is a remarkable and rare look at Leonard Cohen up close and personal. For nearly forty years Leonard Cohen has endured the ups and downs of an international career that has alternately identified him as the "Prince of Bummers" and Canadas most respected poet and performer. Now author Ira Nadel brings us closer to understanding these conflicting descriptions and allows us to enter Cohens private world. He peels back the many layers to reveal the man and explain the fascinating relationship between Cohens life and his art. This is a remarkable and rare look at Leonard Cohen up close and personal.