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Various Positions: A Life of Leonard Cohen
by Nadel, Ira B
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- ISBN 10
- 0292717326
- ISBN 13
- 9780292717329
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About This Item
University of Texas Press, 2007. First Edition. Paperback. Fine Condition. minimal shelf wear, a very nice copy for year published. Size: Octavo . 336 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography General; Biographies & Memoirs; Historical; Canadian; Jewish Life, History, and Culture. ISBN: 0292717326. ISBN/EAN: 9780292717329. Library of Congress No: 2006035601. Dewey Code: 818/.5409 B. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 103387. . 9780292717329
Synopsis
Ira B. Nadel has written several other books, including a short biography of Cohen, as well as Biography: Fiction and Fact & Form and Joyce and the Jews . Nadel comments on books for CBC Radio and teaches at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, where he is a professor of English.
Reviews
On Nov 9 2010, Atarhad said:
Nadel's biography is highly readable but a tad vague. For instance the section where he describes "Who By Fire" as derived from the song in the Rosh Hashanah musaf. Well, given as it is a virtual transcription of the prayer, which he could easily have read a translation of, that makes me wonder how many other things he's vague on. On the other hand, it clips along nicely and he seems to have some affection for his subject - always an advantage in a biographer - without being in any way dazzled by him. Sort of a shaking his head quality appears from time to time as he seems bemused by Cohen's "shameless" pursuit of female journalists and any other beauty that catches his eye. Fine if you're interested, in short, but there is bound to be a more substantial book some time if the subject's fame continues to grow, as it now is still doing. There are countless books on Dylan, and while I do not think LC is as central to the culture as Dylan - I think of them as King David and Jeremiah - I do think this book leaves room for a thoughtful critical biography to be done.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 103387
- Title
- Various Positions: A Life of Leonard Cohen
- Author
- Nadel, Ira B
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0292717326
- ISBN 13
- 9780292717329
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- BZDB291 Cohen, Leonard, 1934-, Poets, Canadian 20th century Biography, Humorists, Canadian 20th century Biography, Lyricists Canada Biography, Singers Canada Biography Biography General; Biographies & Memoirs; Historical; Canadian; Jewish Life, Histor
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