Leonard Cohen by Michael Ondaatje
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Leonard Cohen by Michael Ondaatje
I have been searching for this book but it seems unavailable everywhere. Does anyone know where I could find a copy?
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Re: Leonard Cohen by Michael Ondaatje
The book dates back to 1970.I doubt you could find a new copy in a bookstore.marcuspeddle wrote:Does anyone know where I could find a copy?
Antiquarian and used books store is the place to look ( but in Korea ???????!!!!!)
I checked at : Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec,They have one copy :
Auteur : Ondaatje, Michael, 1943- [*36 doc.]
Titre : Leonard Cohen / by Michael Ondaatje
Éditeur : Toronto ; Montreal : McClelland and Stewart, [*1293 doc.] cop. 1970
Description : 64 p. ; 19 cm
Collection : New Canadian library. Canadian writers ; [*4 doc.] no. 5
New Canadian library original [*6 doc.]
Notes : Bibliogr.: p. 63-64
Sujets : Poètes canadiens-anglais--20e siècle [*3 doc.]
Poètes canadiens-anglais--Québec (Province)--20e siècle
Cohen, Leonard, 1934---Critique et interprétation [*12 doc.]
Source : QMBN
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Grande Bibliothèque - Niveau 1 - Documentaires - 1. 811.54 C6785o 1970 - Disponible
Grande Bibliothèque - Collection nationale - Livres - 2. C811.54 C6785Yo 1970 - Consultation sur place
How you could borrow or consult it is your task to find.Here is the way to contact them :
http://www.banq.qc.ca/portal/dt/divers/courrier.jsp
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Re: Leonard Cohen by Michael Ondaatje
You may also buy a used copy of this book. Several copies are listed here:
http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?ac=sl ... %2520cohen
Abebooks has the cheapest price, 33 $
http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?ac=sl ... %2520cohen
Abebooks has the cheapest price, 33 $
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Re: Leonard Cohen by Michael Ondaatje
Thank you. Somewhere here was kind enough to send me a copy of the book.
Re: Leonard Cohen by Michael Ondaatje
I read this a few years ago. It focuses on the novels and poetry, as you might expect, though the music does come up in the end. I had high hopes for it, as I'm keen on both of these lyric Canadians' work and was interested in how Ondaatje analysed another writer, but I admit finding it a bit stiff. (When I took a lit class from him in 1990, he was much more relaxed, with an abiding interest in technique and voice.) That said, it's not a long book and worth a look.
Re: Leonard Cohen by Michael Ondaatje
I think that was Ondaatje's first book when he moved to Canada (from Sri Lanka)... Maybe he already did publish, I think, Billy the Kid, but not the novels, he was far from his later fame.
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Re: Leonard Cohen by Michael Ondaatje
I found a copy of this book in a 'brocante' – second hand store – in the middle of rural France some twelve years ago. I have Ondaatjes signature, he came to the Kilkenny Arts Festival in 1989 or 1990. The signature is on a book of his poetry, The Cinnamon Peeler though, not the LC book. I have read all his novels except his latest Divisadero and found Anils Ghost one of the most exceptional books I have read despite the slightly gruesome undercurrent.
when she came back she was nobody's wife . . .
Re: Leonard Cohen by Michael Ondaatje
Hi there. Can I have my book back? I was just thinking this morning about the four white violets Leonard put in the buttonhole of some woman's sweater and now I'm wishing I had Michael Ondaatje's book to read the part about those lines.
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Book's on its way back. Nevermind all of you : )
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When you get it back Abby, can you tell us what it says about those lines.
That is one of my all time favourite poems for very sentimental reasons.
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I will most definitely do that, Cate 

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Hi Cate. I received the book back today (with snacks! all of it from Japan! so quickly and so kindly!). This is what Michael Ondaatje wrote about Song[/i:
"And almost as if forgetting to say his prayers, Cohen writes:
I almost went to bed
without remembering
the four white violets
I put in the button-hole
of your green sweater."
That's it. Whopping, earth-shattering, one sentence. It rocked my world, though. I hope it rocks yours too
"And almost as if forgetting to say his prayers, Cohen writes:
I almost went to bed
without remembering
the four white violets
I put in the button-hole
of your green sweater."
That's it. Whopping, earth-shattering, one sentence. It rocked my world, though. I hope it rocks yours too

Re: Leonard Cohen by Michael Ondaatje
and how i kissed you then
and you kissed me
shy as though I’d
never been your lover
yes, it is like a prayer isn't it."And almost as if forgetting to say his prayers, Cohen writes:
It's such a simple poem but just aches inside of you.
Thank you Abby, I hope you enjoy your book and your treats!