Reviews
"[ Book of Longing ] is not so much an illustrated collection of poems as it is a shaped autobiography." - Globe and Mail "It reaffirms Cohen's mastery in the domain of desire, and devotees will not be disappointed." - Austin Chronicle "Tenderness may have replaced passion, but Cohen's ability to capture this shift makes it poignant and meaningful. . . . Cohen has taken what his friend Irving Layton called 'the inescapable lousiness of growing old' and has given it, in its waning days, a profound romantic dignity." - Montreal Gazette "He's shown an uncanny knack for expressing the changing Zeitgeist." - Toronto Star, "[Book of Longing] is not so much an illustrated collection of poems as it is a shaped autobiography." - Globe and Mail "It reaffirms Cohen's mastery in the domain of desire, and devotees will not be disappointed." - Austin Chronicle "Tenderness may have replaced passion, but Cohen's ability to capture this shift makes it poignant and meaningful. . . . Cohen has taken what his friend Irving Layton called 'the inescapable lousiness of growing old' and has given it, in its waning days, a profound romantic dignity." - Montreal Gazette "He's shown an uncanny knack for expressing the changing Zeitgeist." - Toronto Star, "["Book of Longing"] is not so much an illustrated collection of poems as it is a shaped autobiography." -- Globe and Mail "It reaffirms Cohen's mastery in the domain of desire, and devotees will not be disappointed." -- Austin Chronicle "Tenderness may have replaced passion, but Cohen's ability to capture this shift makes it poignant and meaningful. . . . Cohen has taken what his friend Irving Layton called 'the inescapable lousiness of growing old' and has given it, in its waning days, a profound romantic dignity." -- Montreal Gazette "He's shown an uncanny knack for expressing the changing Zeitgeist." -- Toronto Star