Book of Mercy

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Summary: stunning!
Review: I love this book!!! Leonard Cohen is the arguably the most touching writer alive today. I always feel a real connection with his writing, and it always leaves me in total awe.

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Summary: It takes a lot of ...
Review: It takes a lot of courage to publish a book of spiritual exercises when your name is Leonard Cohen. But then, wouldn't we expect something different from Lenny? Yes, we do, and that's why this magnificent book is offered to us - for consumption, displays, adoration, negligence, dull moments. Take Lenny's longing from the book and understand that being alone in this world is impossible because Cohen will always be there. Wanna have a new friend? Try LC.

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Summary: Cohen Connects With His Spiritual Heritage
Review: Leonard Cohen, always the great poet, has done a masterful job of expressing the spirit of the Psalms in modern prosaic, poetic form. And like the son of the chief psalmist, Cohen has traveled a road that has taken him through many life experiences, only to come through them to arrive at the knowledge of that which truly matters. Book of Mercy is not only a literary gem, but a book of enlightening and thought provoking inspiration for Jew and Christian alike, not to mention that person we often refer to as a seeker.

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Summary: Cohen Connects With His Spiritual Heritage
Review: Leonard Cohen, always the great poet, has done a masterful job of expressing the spirit of the Psalms in modern prosaic, poetic form. And like the son of the chief psalmist, Cohen has traveled a road that has taken him through many life experiences, only to come through them to arrive at the knowledge of that which truly matters. Book of Mercy is not only a literary gem, but a book of enlightening and thought provoking inspiration for Jew and Christian alike, not to mention that person we often refer to as a seeker.

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Summary: The Psalms, Updated
Review: Perhaps Leonard Cohen has never been a King, as was David, but the passion of his reflections truly invites comparison.

Cohen struggles with G-d, in the finest tradition of Judaism-- indeed, of all spiritual combat. So he both speaks to G-d, and he listens. His listening compels me to listen with my own feeble ears.

This is a book for all spiritual combatants, whether Jewish, Christian, or Muslim. Or any faith that is "of the book."