Leonard Cohen the man who saw the angels fall Man who saw the angels fall Leonard Cohen. English Lebold, Christophe creator author, translator. text bibliography biography Biographies. Biography Biographies Biographies. Biographies. onc 2024 2024 monographic eng fre print xxxii, 543 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm "Leonard Cohen has aimed high: to be all Jewish heroes at once. Like Jacob, he struggled with angels. Like David, he sang psalms and seduced women. But he never ceased doing what he did best: going from city to city and reviving our hearts. Leonard Cohen: The Man Who Saw the Angels Fall follows the singer's cosmopolitan life from Montreal and New York to the Greek island of Hydra and examines his perpetual dialogues with himself, God, and avalanches. We see how six decades of radiant pessimism and a few thousand nights in hotel rooms transformed a young Jewish poet who longed to be a saint into an existentialist troubadour in love with women and a gravelly voiced crooner who taught a thousand ways of dissolving into love. After more than two decades of research and travels, Christophe Lebold, who befriended the poet and spent time with him in Los Angeles, delivers a stimulating analysis of Cohen's life and art. Gracefully blending biography and essay, he interrogates the mission Cohen set out for himself: to show us that darkness is just the flip side of light"-- Prologue: Three portraits of Leonard Cohen. First point of entry: the man who saw the angels fall -- Second point of entry: eternal pilgrim, perfect Jew -- Third point of entry: Leonard Cohen, metaphysician of the broken heart -- Genesis: autopsy of Leonard Cohen the younger -- The poet and collector of exiles: Leonard's first careers, 1956-1964 -- TV Tzadik and pop poetry: portrait of Leonard as a modern saint, 1961-1966 -- Angels in ember and snow: New York, 1966-1967 -- A troubadour in Manhattan: songs of Leonard Cohen, 1967-1968 -- Into the avalanche: the prince of sad passions, or Leonard the obscure, 1968-1972 -- Leonardo Furioso: Cohen vs. Cohen, 1973-1977 -- Death and redemption of a ladies' man: tohu-bohu and smokey life, 1977-1980 -- The crooner's prayers: Leonard in purgatory, 1980-1985 -- Banana Casanova: the fall of Manhattan, 1986-1988 -- The crooner's prophecies and the apocalypse for laughs, 1989-1993 -- Waiting for the miracle: life of Monk Cohen, the last alibi, 1993-1999 -- Fedora Bodhisattva: the man changed into an angel, 2000-2013 -- Evidence of darkness, 2014-2016 -- Epilogue. Christophe Lebold. "First edition was published in French by Camion Blanc, 2013. A second revised edition was published in 2018"--Title page verso. Translation of: Leonard Cohen : l'homme qui voyait tomber les anges. Issued also in electronic format. Includes a discography (pages 516-517), bibliographical references (pages 518-535) and index. Translated from the French by the author. n-cn--- Cohen, Leonard 1934-2016 Criticism and interpretation Composers Canada Biography Poets, Canadian 20th century Biography Singers Canada Biography Lyricists Canada Biography Cohen, Leonard 1934-2016 Critique et interprétation Compositeurs Canada Biographies Poètes canadiens-anglais Biographies Chanteurs Canada Biographies Paroliers Canada Biographies Poètes canadiens 20e siècle Biographies MUSIC / History & Criticism MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music Composers Poets, Canadian Singers Lyricists Criticism and interpretation Canada 1900-1999 fast CANADIAN ROCK LEONARD COHEN POETRY CANCON CANROCK MUSIC INDUSTRY IN CANADA NON-FICTION ML410.C734 L4413 2024 782.42164092 cci1icc Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen. English Lebold, Christophe. Toronto : ECW Press, 2024 (OCoLC)1415846039 9781770417441 1770417443 NLC 230914 20250331162928.8 in00005621016 eng