Synopses & Reviews
The definitive biography of one of the most emigmatic, beloved, and celebrated artists of our time.
Leonard Cohen's extensive and successful recent worldwide tour has demonstrated that his popularity across generations and borders has never been greater. Cohen's life is one of singular mystique. This major in-depth biography is the book Cohen's fans have been waiting for. Acclaimed writer/journalist Sylvie Simmons has interviewed more than 100 figures from Cohen's life and work, including his main muses; the women in his life -- from Suzanne and Marianne to Rebecca de Mornay and Anjani Thomas; artists such as Rufus Wainwright, Nick Cave, David Crosby, Judy Collins, and Philip Glass; his record producers; his closest friends, from childhood to adulthood; and many of the spiritual figures who have influenced his life.
Cohen, notoriously private, has granted interviews himself. Thoroughly researched and thoughtful, penetrating and lively, fascinating and revealing of stories and facts never read before, I'm Your Man offers new perspectives on Cohen and his life. It will be one of the most talked-about books of the season, and for years to come.
From the Hardcover edition.
Synopsis
Featuring a new and intimate chapter reflecting on Leonard's last days, this #1 international bestseller still holds its place as the leading biography of Leonard Cohen.
An icon as a writer and musical artist, Leonard Cohen has held fascination and allure for audiences worldwide for decades. He has been one of the most important and influential songwriters of our time, a man of spirituality, emotion, grace, and intelligence, whose work explores the definitive issues of human life--sex, religion, power, meaning, love.
I'm Your Man, the internationally acclaimed and definitive biography of this enigmatic, private, and unassuming man, delves into the many facets and layers of Cohen's life. Award-winning writer Sylvie Simmons draws on Cohen's private archives and a wealth of interviews with his closest associates, his lovers and other muses past and present, with well-known artists whose work he has inspired, and with Cohen himself. Providing depth and perspective not seen before in previous works on Cohen, I'm Your Man balances the creative and personal sides of this fascinating and charismatic figure, whose poetry, novels, and songs have had a profound impact on multiple generations.
About the Author
SYLVIE SIMMONS is one of the best-known names in rock journalism. She has written for Q, Rolling Stone, Sounds, Kerrang!, Tracks, Blender, and Creem, among others. She writes for MOJO, in which she has a monthly American column and has had cover stories about Neil Young, Pink Floyd, The Beach Boys , AC/DC, and Johnny Cash. She also writes for British newspapers including Times, the Sunday Sport, and TheGuardian. In the US, she writes for the San Francisco Chronicle. Her website is www.sylviesimmons.com. The author lives in San Francisco.