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Re: THE FLAME - Leonard's New Collection of Poetry
Posted: Mon May 28, 2018 10:24 am
by Maarten
Hi
As far as I know, not even the advance review copies are available yet so I'm sure this must be a mistake from the seller. Perhaps Jarkko can confirm the release date as Oct 16?
Maarten
Re: THE FLAME - Leonard's New Collection of Poetry
Posted: Mon May 28, 2018 11:11 am
by HugoD
Maarten wrote: ↑Mon May 28, 2018 10:24 am
Hi
As far as I know, not even the advance review copies are available yet so I'm sure this must be a mistake from the seller. Perhaps Jarkko can confirm the release date as Oct 16?
Maarten
The question has answered itself. The availability has been changed to “not available “ in the last hour. It seems that someone was a bit “trigger happy “ at Bol.com and they corrected it.
Re: THE FLAME - Leonard's New Collection of Poetry
Posted: Mon May 28, 2018 11:52 am
by Maarten
Hi Hugo
Yes, this morning's status has been changed to "not available" now... Too bad...
Maarten
Re: THE FLAME - Leonard's New Collection of Poetry
Posted: Mon May 28, 2018 1:18 pm
by jarkko
As far as we know, there is no change in the schedule. The book will be published in several languages at the same time.
Re: THE FLAME - Leonard's New Collection of Poetry
Posted: Tue May 29, 2018 10:40 am
by WiTS
Have put orders on bookdepository for UK version and Amazon China for International version.
Re: THE FLAME - Leonard's New Collection of Poetry
Posted: Tue May 29, 2018 11:59 am
by jarkko
Canadian edition of
The Flame
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart (Oct. 2 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 077102441X
ISBN-13: 978-0771024412
Shipping Weight: 526 g
https://www.amazon.ca/Flame-Leonard-Coh ... nard+cohen
(Link from Dominique)
Re: THE FLAME - Leonard's New Collection of Poetry
Posted: Thu May 31, 2018 11:44 am
by skipper1967
Its going to be a long wait.
Luckily for us Downuder Bob Dylan is visiting in August.
Re: THE FLAME - Leonard's New Collection of Poetry
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2018 7:37 pm
by jarkko
Good news also for our Finnish members:
Finnish translations by Sammakko Publishers:
THE FLAME in October 2018, translated by Ville-Juhani Sutinen. Finnish title: LIEKKI
LET US COMPARE MYTHOLOGIES in 2019, translated by Antton Kainulainen. Finnish title: VERTAILKAAMME MYTOLOGIOITA
BOOK OF MERCY (new edition) in 2020, translated by Seppo Pietikäinen. Finnish title: ARMOKIRJA
Re: THE FLAME - Leonard's New Collection of Poetry
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 5:48 am
by WiTS
Would it be any difference among these editions except cover design?
Remember the biography I'm your man, UK version has more photos than US version.
Re: THE FLAME - Leonard's New Collection of Poetry
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 11:08 pm
by HugoD
Hmm, that would be nice ( but I do have proper doubts
)
The picture is a screenshot from a email I received today that says that this book is shipped and will be delivered tomorrow
Re: THE FLAME - Leonard's New Collection of Poetry
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 10:40 pm
by HugoD
HugoD wrote: ↑Wed Jun 06, 2018 11:08 pm
Hmm, that would be nice ( but I do have proper doubts
)
The picture is a screenshot from a email I received today that says that this book is shipped and will be delivered tomorrow
Not surprisingly the book did not arrive today
. But that is not the end of it, they did sent me an email today wishing me lots of reading pleasure with the book and a kind request to pay the invoice since they assumed I received it. Wrote them an email that I was more than happy to pay I they had delivered it since the publication date is set for October.
To be continued?
Re: THE FLAME - Leonard's New Collection of Poetry
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:19 pm
by MarieM
https://fsgworkinprogress.com/2018/07/17/the-flame/
The final collection of the seminal musician and poet, which he was determined to complete before his death
Just weeks before his death in late 2016, Leonard Cohen told The New Yorker that he was ready for the end to come. He just wanted enough time to put his last book in order. Fortunately, that time was granted. The Flame is Cohen’s eloquent farewell, a valedictory collection of lyrics, poems, notebook sketches, and self-portraits that maps his singular creative journey. As noted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s citation, “For six decades, Leonard Cohen revealed his soul to the world through poetry and song—his deep and timeless humanity touching our very core.
”In addition to new poems about war, desire, regrets, lamb chops, and hummingbirds, and lyrics from his last three albums, including the chart-topping “You Want It Darker,” The Flame includes carefully selected excerpts from Cohen’s voluminous notebooks, which he kept faithfully over the years. Readers will find in these pages the subjects that have always preoccupied Cohen: the dimensions of love, the secret code of existence, and the hope for transcendence in a broken world.
In the words of Cohen’s longtime manager and friend, Robert Kory, The Flame “reveals to all the intensity of his inner fire” to the end.
“There are very, very few people who occupy the ground that Leonard Cohen walks on.” —Bono
Leonard Cohen was a hugely influential Canadian poet, songwriter, and cultural icon who died on the eve of the 2016 presidential election. His “Hallelujah” is widely considered the redemptive song of the resistance. Cohen’s many canonical songs (“Suzanne,” “So Long, Marianne,” “Famous Blue Raincoat,” “Dance Me to the End of Love,” and others) have earned him a place in the small pantheon that includes Bob Dylan and Patti Smith. Cohen’s many honors include a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, a Prince of Asturias Award for Literature, and election to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Now available for pre-order in the US.
Re: THE FLAME - Leonard's New Collection of Poetry
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:51 pm
by jarkko
Thanks to Leonard’s manager Robert Kory, and the publisher, we have a proof copy of the book to show at the Budapest Event! Just ask me!
Re: THE FLAME - Leonard's New Collection of Poetry
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 8:58 pm
by HugoD
Re: THE FLAME - Leonard's New Collection of Poetry
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 1:59 am
by Maarten
Yes, I had seen it too... I think it's a pity to see mr Dahi misuse his privilege to receive uncorrected proofs of Cohen's final book for personal enrichment...
Maarten