I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen
Author(s): Sylvie Simmons
This is 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, 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. 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.
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"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 cliche 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
General Fields
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- : Random House UK
- : VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
- : 30 April 2013
- : 01 May 2013
- : books
Special Fields
- : Sylvie Simmons