This warm and lyrical semi-autobiographical first novel by
singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen charts the coming of age of
Lawrence Breavman, the only son of a Jewish Montreal family.
‘Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to
reveal. A scar is what happens when the world is made flesh.’
Lawrence Breavman seeks two things: love and beauty. Beginning with
the innocent games of delicious misadventure with first love Lisa
and the absorbing wanders through Montreal with best friend Krantz,
Breavman's tale is a distant echo of ‘Catcher in the Rye’ and
‘Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man’ – injected with 1960s
aesthetics and Cohen’s unique poetry. As Breavman grows into a
young man, the emerging writer continues his quest for beauty and
love, finding himself in the arms of Shell and a burgeoning
realisation of his own talent for appreciating majesty in the
grotesque. Semi-autobiographical, the angst and beauty of Cohen’s
voice deftly channel the painful confusion of the journey into
adulthood, and the friendships, wars and lovers that are our
guides.
General
| Imprint: |
The Borough Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
July 2009 |
| Authors: |
Leonard Cohen
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| Dimensions: |
216 x 115 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
| Pages: |
277 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-00-731839-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-00-731839-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780007318391 |
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