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- English Books
- Paperback 219 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0586036172
- ISBN-13: 9780586036174
- Publisher: Panther
- Pub date: Jan 01, 1973
- Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Others and eBook
- In other languages: other languages
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| 9780586036174 | Paperback | $2.01 | -- | The Book Depository |
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Robot-mel 
I must admit I never realised that Leonard Cohen wrote novels until my friend handed this to me while we were at the Oxfam the other weekend. *bad fangirl* but I bought it and loved it! It wasn't as lyrical as some musicans prose. There were some wonderful passages though. It was fairly typical subj ... (continue)
I must admit I never realised that Leonard Cohen wrote novels until my friend handed this to me while we were at the Oxfam the other weekend. *bad fangirl* but I bought it and loved it! It wasn't as lyrical as some musicans prose. There were some wonderful passages though. It was fairly typical subject matter, childhood and teen coming of age and young love and sex. The characters weren't particularly loveable but I found myself loving it anyway. It reminded me than anything else of Milan Kundera (and reminded me that I really do need to read more of his novels - fortunately work has loads). There was a nice insight into the strangeness of people and their relationships. Written in the third person, despite being "semi autobiographical", it didn't feel as personal as a first person narrative would. But it still gave you a lot of insight. I really enjoyed it and will definitely have to read his other novel as well.
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