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Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs celebrates the astonishing career of LeonardCohen, revered around the world as one of the great visionaries, writers, performers,and most consistently daring songwriters.

Cohen’s career began in 1956 with thepublication of Let Us Compare Mythologies, and he has since published mulitple booksof poems—including The Spice-Box of Earth, Death of a Lady’s Man, and Book of Mercy—and has made numerous albums, becoming one of the most popular and influentialartists in Canada, the United States, and Europe.

His first record, The Songs ofLeonard Cohen, released in 1967, was a remarkable musical début and introduced someof his most famous songs, including “Suzanne,” “Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye,”and “Sisters of Mercy.” From then, and with each subsequent album, he earned thestatus as one of the most dazzlingly literate songwriters of our time.

StrangerMusic brings together for the first time a comprehensive selection of Leonard Cohen’s song lyrics and his poetry, including some poems not previously published. Thislandmark edition demonstrates the range and depth of Cohen’s work, revealing an extraordinarygift of language that speaks with rare clarity, passion, and timelessness.