{"product_id":"stranger-music-isbn-9780771022326","title":"Stranger Music","description":"\u003ci\u003eStranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the astonishing career of Leonard  Cohen, revered around the world as one of the great visionaries, writers, performers,  and most consistently daring songwriters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Cohen’s career began in 1956 with the  publication of \u003ci\u003eLet Us Compare Mythologies\u003c\/i\u003e, and he has since published mulitple books  of poems—including \u003ci\u003eThe Spice-Box of Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Lady’s Man\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBook of Mercy—\u003c\/i\u003eand has made numerous albums, becoming one of the most popular and influential  artists in Canada, the United States, and Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e His first record, \u003ci\u003eThe Songs of  Leonard Cohen\u003c\/i\u003e, released in 1967, was a remarkable musical début and introduced some  of his most famous songs, including “Suzanne,” “Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye,”  and “Sisters of Mercy.” From then, and with each subsequent album, he earned the  status as one of the most dazzlingly literate songwriters of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStranger  Music\u003c\/i\u003e brings together for the first time a comprehensive selection of Leonard Cohen's song lyrics and his poetry, including some poems not previously published. This  landmark edition demonstrates the range and depth of Cohen’s work, revealing an extraordinary  gift of language that speaks with rare clarity, passion, and timelessness.“\u003ci\u003eStranger Music\u003c\/i\u003e brings together, at last, the words of a Canadian artist who has  been anything but a stranger to so many of us for so long. . . . Cohen has woven a chain  of words that binds us together.” \u003ci\u003e—Calgary Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eStranger Music\u003c\/i\u003e is a massive record  of the poet’s imaginative journey through beauty, through horror, through the extremes  of love and despair. . . . Cohen is always a poet of extremes: that’s where he lives, at  the edges of them.” \u003ci\u003e—Toronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eStranger Music\u003c\/i\u003e is a record of Cohen’s dispatches  from the front, an invaluable record of a shining voice. It burns still.” \u003ci\u003e—Ottawa  Citizen\u003c\/i\u003eLEONARD COHEN's artistic career began in 1956 with the publication of his first book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eLet Us Compare Mythologies\u003c\/i\u003e. He published two novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Favourite Game\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Losers\u003c\/i\u003e, and ten previous books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eStranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBook of Longing\u003c\/i\u003e. During a recording career that spanned almost fifty years, he released fourteen studio albums, the last of which, \u003ci\u003eYou Want It Darker\u003c\/i\u003e, was released in 2016. Cohen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008, received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010, and was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature and the Glenn Gould Prize in 2011. He died on November 7, 2016.","brand":"McClelland \u0026 Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302508187877,"sku":"NP9780771022326","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780771022326.jpg?v=1767737402","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/stranger-music-isbn-9780771022326","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}