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Leonard Cohen
Jeffrey Lewis
其他書名
A Novel
出版
Haus Publishing
, 2024-05-21
主題
Fiction / General
Fiction / World Literature / American / 21st Century
Fiction / Literary
Fiction / Jewish
ISBN
1913368939
9781913368937
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=UcP3EAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
A man who shares his name with a famous singer must grapple with his identity, purpose, and love.
The Leonard Cohen at the center of
Leonard Cohen: A Novel
is an everyman, a would-be artist, a would-be lover, a would-be tragic figure, yet a man haunted by the greatness of his namesake. He struggles to compete. He struggles to be more than a punchline in his own mind. He struggles, in particular, to write one song as great as the least of the great Leonard Cohen's songs.
At the center of Leonard's life is Daphne. In their meeting on a Greek island, a contemporary fable of Daphne and Apollo plays out. But even with Daphne, Leonard is shadowed by the
other
Leonard Cohen, whom he fears is the real Apollo. The ancient myth haunts the fated lovers, and the
nobody
Leonard Cohen’s life becomes at once a mystery, a miracle, and a myth on its own terms.
Once upon a time, Apollo fell hard for Daphne, who turned herself into a laurel tree. No less a fate awaits the protagonists of this slender yet universal novel, where art, love, and fame all fatefully intertwine.