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- ISBN 9781913368920
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 04 Apr 2024
- Publisher: Haus Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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The Leonard Cohen at the center of Leonard Cohen: A Novel is an everyman, a would-be artist, a would-be lover, a would-be tragic figure, yet a man haunted by the greatness of his namesake. He struggles to compete. He struggles to be more than a punchline in his own mind. He struggles, in particular, to write one song as great as the least of the great Leonard Cohen's songs. At the center of Leonard's life is Daphne. In their meeting on a Greek island, a contemporary fable of Daphne and Apollo plays out. But even with Daphne, Leonard is shadowed by the "other" Leonard Cohen, whom he fears is the real Apollo. The ancient myth haunts the fated lovers, and the “nobody” Leonard Cohen’s life becomes at once a mystery, a miracle, and a myth on its own terms. Once upon a time, Apollo fell hard for Daphne, who turned herself into a laurel tree. No less a fate awaits the protagonists of this slender yet universal novel, where art, love, and fame all fatefully intertwine.
Jeffrey Lewis has won a string of awards for his novels including the Independent Publishers Gold Medal for Literary Fiction, the Independent Publishers Gold Medal for General Fiction, and the ForeWord Book of the Year Silver Medal for Fiction. His Bealport: A Novel of a Town was a 2019 Maine Literary Awards finalist. He has also received two Emmy Awards and been nominated twelve times for his work as a television writer and producer, most notably for Hill Street Blues. He is also the author of Berlin Cantata, The Inquisitor’s Diary, The Meritocracy Quartet, and Land of Cockaigne.
