 He stood up for Nietzsche I stood up for Christ He stood up for victory I stood up for less I loved to read his verses He loved to hear my song We never had much interest In who was right or wrong His boxer's hands were shaking He struggled with his pipe Imperial tobacco Which I helped him light ("Irving and Me at the Hospital") Book of Longing is dedicated to Irving Layton (1912-2006) Visit www.irvinglayton.com You can read more about Irving Layton and Leonard Cohen's friendship in The Toronto Star 1999 article "Our National Muse", written by Canadian poet/critic Judith Fitzgerald. |
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Website's Legal Notes: On our welcoming page we quoted poem "Delay" from Book of Longing, page 101. Through many pages of the site, we quoted various lines from title poem "Book of Longing" (page 1), and its early version published at The Blackening Pages. On this page, we quoted "Irving and Me at the Hospital", from page 205. This website has been authorised by Mr. Leonard Cohen and by his management. None of it would be possible without the help and generosity Mr. Leonard Cohen. Very special thanks goes to Anjani Thomas, Lorca Cohen, Amy Baker at HarperCollins (Ecco), Marilyn Biderman at McClelland and Stewart, and Michelle Findlay and Adrienne Butcher at Macklam/Feldman Mngmt. (Mr. Cohen's former manager's office) Thank you to all people who linked our site: Judith Fitzgerald, great Canadian poet and passionate Cohen scholar, Philip Glass, other Cohen sites, many online reviewers, and - last but not the least - bloggers all over the world. Questions about www.BookofLonging.com should be directed to Tom Sakic at tomsakic@yahoo.com. Questions about the Book of Longing should be directed to Mr. Cohen's manager's office at info@5042mail.com. Information about the book: Publisher(s): McClelland and Stewart Ltd., Toronto, Canada ISBN-13: 978-0-7710-2234-0 ISBN-10: 0-7710-2234-4 Ecco, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, New York, United States ISBN-13: 978-0-06-11258-4 ISBN-10: 0-06-112558-X Copyright (c) 2006 by Leonard Cohen Drawings and decorations copyright [Art copyright] (c) 2006 by Leonard Cohen Interior design: Michael Petit and Leonard Cohen Drawings and decorations [Art]: Leonard Cohen Jacket design: Michael Petit Jacket art: Leonard Cohen Author photograph: Lorca Cohen "We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program and that of the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Media Development Corporation’s Ontario Book Initiative. We further acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council for our publishing program." Book of Longing will be published in many languages. Here is a list of rights sold until May 2006, and publication days: Published: Canada: McClelland & Stewart, April 25, 2006 (hardcover, ISBN: 0771022344) USA: Ecco (HarperCollins), May 9, 2006 (hardcover, ISBN: 006112558X) UK & Commonwealth: Viking Penguin, October 5, 2006 (hardcover, ISBN 0670916544) Norway: Tiden Norsk Ferlag, October 2006, as Lengselens bok (ISBN 8205356289) Spain: Editorial Lumen, S.A. (Random House Mondadori), October 2006, as El libro del anhelo (paperback, ISBN 8426415830) Romania: Editura Polirom, November 2006, as Cartea aleanului (paperback, ISBN: 9734604848) Poland: Rebis, Dom Wydawniczy Sp. z o.o., November 2006, as Księga tęsknoty (hardcover, ISBN 8373018085) Denmark: Gyldendal, December 2006, as Længslens bog (paperback, ISBN 8702049783) Italy: Strade blu (Random House Mondadori), February 2007, as Il libro del desiderio (ISBN 8804554460) Hebrew-language rights: Kinneret, published March 2007 Canada, Québéc (French rights): Éditions de l'Hexagone, March 2007, as Livre du constant désir (ISBN 9782890067912) Canada: McClelland & Stewart, April 2007 (paperback, ISBN 0771022298) USA: Ecco (HarperCollins), May 29, 2007 (paperback, ISBN 006112561X) UK: PenguinPaperbacks, August 2007 (mass market paperback, slightly different cover, ISBN 9780141027562) Croatia: V.B.Z., October 2007, translated by Damir Šodan, as Knjiga čežnje (paperback, ISBN 9789532017007; hardcover also) Finland: Sammakko, February 2008, translated by Ville-Juhani Sutinen, as Kaipauksen kirja (paperback, ISBN 9789524830751) Greece: Ianos, March 2008, bilingual edition, translated by Ioanna Abramidou, as To Biblio tou Pothou (paperback, ISBN 9789607827845) Announced: France: Le Cherche Midi, March 2008, translated by Jacques Vassal and Jean Dominique Brierre, as Le livre du desir (paperback, ISBN 9782749110523) Portugal: Do Impensavel, 2008 The Czech Republic: Argo, as Kniha toužení Welcome | Index | Works by Leonard Cohen | Reviews & Articles | Index of Titles / drawings, first lines & online poems | e-card | Credits & Thanks |
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