Thus, The Flame contains lyrics from his last three albums, including the critically acclaimed You Want It Darker-released several weeks before his death, at age 82, on November 7, 2016-as well as poems, excerpts from his notebooks, and drawings. 'Leonard Cohen had a final wish: he wanted enough time to put his affairs in order and assemble a final collection of his last works.

REVIEW by June Sawyers (First published on Septem(Booklist): By turns devastatingly sad and winningly strange, these are the works of a poet and lyricist who has plumbed the depths of our darkest questions and come up wanting, yearning for more.' Featuring lyrics, prose pieces, and illustrations, the book also contains an extensive selection from Cohen's notebooks, which he kept in poetic form throughout his life, and offers an unprecedentedly intimate look inside the life and mind of a singular artist and thinker.Īn enormously powerful final chapter in Cohen's storied literary career, The Flame showcases the full range of Leonard Cohen's lyricism, from the exquisitely transcendent to the darkly funny. The Flame is a stunning collection of Leonard Cohen's last poems, selected and ordered by the author in the final months of his life. 'The final work from Leonard Cohen, Canada's most celebrated poet and an artist whose audience spans generations and whose work is known and loved throughout the world. To see all other publishers and all editions, go to our Gallery

The flame by leonard cohen