Leonard Cohen Untold Stories 2 From This Broken Hill 2021 Michael Posner by Michael Posner 9781982176907, 1982176903 instant download after payment.

The second volume of the extraordinary life of the great music and
literary icon Leonard Cohen, in the words of those who knew him best.
Poet,
novelist, singer-songwriter, artist, prophet, icon—there has never been
a figure like Leonard Cohen. He was a true giant in contemporary
western culture, entertaining and inspiring the world with his work.
From his groundbreaking and bestselling novels, The Favourite Game and Beautiful Losers,
to timeless songs such as "Suzanne," "Dance Me to the End of Love," and
"Hallelujah," Cohen is one of the world's most cherished artists. His
death in 2016 was felt around the world by the many fans and followers
who would miss his warmth, humour, intellect, and piercing insights.
Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories chronicles the full breadth of his extraordinary life. This second of three volumes—From This Broken Hill—follows
him from the conclusion of his first international music tour in 1971
as he continued to compose poetry, record music, and search for meaning
into the late 1980s. The book explores his decade-long relationships
with Suzanne Elrod, with whom he had two children, and various other
numerous romantic partners, including the beginning of his long
relationship with French photographer Dominique Issermann and,
simultaneously, a five-year relationship with a woman never previously
identified.
It is a challenging time for Cohen. His personal life is in chaos and his career stumbles, so much so that his 1984 album, Various Positions,
is rejected by Columbia Records, while other artistic endeavours fail
to find an audience. However, this period also marks the start of his
forty-year immersion in Zen Buddhism, which would connect him to the
legendary Zen master Joshu Sasaki Roshi and inspire some of his most
profound and enduring art.
In From This Broken Hill,
bestselling author and biographer Michael Posner draws on hundreds of
interviews to reach beyond the Cohen of myth and reveal the unique,
complex,…