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加拿大傳奇民謠詩人李歐納‧柯恩最後創作詩集，獨家收錄私人筆記內容
「這世上鮮少有人像李歐納‧柯恩以優美的詩詞深深地佔據我們的世代。」─U2合唱團主唱波諾

享年82歲最具影響力的創作人李歐納‧柯恩是一位收人尊敬及詩人及音樂家，作品享譽全球，而他的粉絲則橫跨好幾個世代。這本最後之作獨家收錄他私人筆記中從未公開的作品，包括詩、歌詞及手繪自畫像，深入他最親密的思維與生活，感受這位超凡藝術家的永恆及經典。這本告別之作融入他深刻而激情的創作理念，充滿智慧與華麗的詞藻，優雅中帶著淡淡的悲傷。

李歐納‧柯恩於2016年辭世，柯恩的兒子亞當在前言中寫著：「這部作品包含了父親的最後一擊，身為詩人是他命中注定的志向，也是他活著的唯一目的。每一頁紙都有燻黑的痕跡，好似他為詩詞燃燒靈魂的最佳證據。」

“There are very, very few people who occupy the ground that Leonard Cohen walks on.” ―BONO

The Flame is the final work from Leonard Cohen, the revered poet and musician whose fans span generations and whose work is celebrated throughout the world. Featuring poems, excerpts from his private notebooks, lyrics, and hand-drawn self-portraits, The Flame offers an unprecedentedly intimate look inside the life and mind of a singular artist.

A reckoning with a life lived deeply and passionately, with wit and panache, The Flame is a valedictory work.

“This volume contains my father’s final efforts as a poet,” writes Cohen’s son, Adam Cohen, in his foreword. “It was what he was staying alive to do, his sole breathing purpose at the end.”

Leonard Cohen died in late 2016. But “each page of paper that he blackened,” in the words of his son, “was lasting evidence of a burning soul.”