Description: Beautiful Losers by Leonard Cohen One of the best-known experimental novels of the 1960s, this uninhibited tale centres on the hapless members of a love triangle, and their sexual obsession and shared fascination with a mythic saint. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description One of the best-known experimental novels of the 1960s, this uninhibited tale centres on the hapless members of a love triangle, and their sexual obsession and shared fascination with a mythic saint.Revolving around four central – and intrinsically flawed – characters, Beautiful Losers is the frank and humorous story of a nameless narrator, his wife Edith, their domineering friend and mentor F and Catherine Tekakwitha, a mythic 17th-century Mohawk virgin saint. The complexities of this three-way love, pain and lust are sent spiralling by the death of Edith and F at the novels start, leading the damaged narrator to question the nature of love, sexuality and spirituality in a series of explicit flashbacks.The extraordinary and inimitable singer-songwriters classic novel, this is Leonard Cohens most critically acclaimed literary work, echoing the dark poetry and wry humour of his timeless songs of loss, love, sex and religion.Not just an extremely funny novel, but an incredibly original and explicit examination of friendship, sex and spirituality. Author Biography Leonard Cohen is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. His first book of poetry, Let Us Compare Mythologies, was published in 1956 and his first novel, the semi-autobiographical The Favourite Game, in 1963. Cohen has recorded numerous albums and published several books of poetry and an experimental novel, Beautiful Losers (1966). Cohen lives in Montreal, Canada. Review A fantasied eroticism which is wildly funny…An exciting book. Sunday TimesThe literary counterpart of "Hair" on the stage and "Easy Rider" on the screen. Daily TelegraphThe most vivid, fascinating and brave modern novel I have read. Michael OndaatjeGorgeously written…one comes out of it having seen terrible and beautiful visions. New York TimesBrilliant, explosive, a fountain of talent…James Joyce is not dead…he lives under the name of Cohen…writing from the point of view of Henry Miller. Boston HeraldFuses sexuality with spirituality…mystical and profane, poetic and obscene…an invitation to play Russian roulette with a phallic pistol. Kirkus ReviewsCohen assaults the reader with words, images, pyrotechnics and love. Its a raging, poetic, highly personal and eminently readable book. Toronto Star Details ISBN0007318383 Author Leonard Cohen Pages 256 Year 2009 ISBN-10 0007318383 ISBN-13 9780007318384 Format Paperback Media Book Language English Publication Date 2009-07-23 UK Release Date 2009-07-23 Imprint The Borough Press Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2009-07-23 NZ Release Date 2009-07-23 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Alternative 9780007341481 DEWEY 813.54 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:21794678;
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