The Energy Of Slaves
by Leonard Cohen
2020-12-29 14:47:37
To mark the publication of Leonard Cohen''s final book, The Flame, McClelland & Stewart is proud to reissue six beautiful editions of Cohen''s cherished early works of poetry, many of which are back in print for the first time in decades. A fresh...
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To mark the publication of Leonard Cohen''s final book, The Flame, McClelland & Stewart is proud to reissue six beautiful editions of Cohen''s cherished early works of poetry, many of which are back in print for the first time in decades.
A freshly packaged new series for devoted Leonard Cohen fans and those who wish to discover one of the world''s most adored and celebrated writers.
Originally published by McClelland & Stewart in 1972, The Energy of Slaves is Cohen''s fifth collection, and one of his most controversial. A dark and intense book, described by one critic as "deliberately ugly, offensive, bitter, anti-romantic," Cohen considered it a document of his struggle--"I''ve just written a book called The Energy of Slaves," he told an interviewer at the time, "and in there I say that I''m in pain." Bracing, challenging, and equally beautiful and off-putting, it remains one of his most compelling and complex works.
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