The Flame

The Flame

2018 • 277 pages

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR POETRYThe Flame is the final work from Leonard Cohen, the revered poet and musician whose fans span generations and whose work is celebrated throughout the world. Featuring poems, excerpts from his private notebooks, lyrics, and hand-drawn self-portraits, The Flame offers an intimate look inside the life and mind of a singular artist.A reckoning with a life lived deeply and passionately, with wit and panache, this collection is a valedictory work.

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Beautiful, honest, and heartbreaking in exactly the ways you would expect it to be. This wasn't the grand statement on life and death that some might have hoped it to be, given its posthumous publication, but it's a welcome and appreciated part of Roshi Cohen's work nonetheless.

September 27, 2018