Flowers for Hitler - Softcover

Cohen, Leonard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0224008412 ISBN 13: 9780224008419

Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1973

Synopsis

Flowers for Hitler is Canadian poet and composer Leonard Cohen's third collection of poetry, originally published in 1964 by McClelland and Stewart. Like other artworks regarding Adolf Hitler as a subject, it was somewhat controversial in its day. The inscription on its initial page reads "In an earlier time this would be called Sunshine for Napoleon, and earlier still it would have been called Walls for Genghis Khan." Unlike some of Cohen's later poetry, all of the poems in Flowers For Hitler are properly titled. The opening quote comes from Primo Levi's Survival in Auschwitz.

About this title

About the Author:

Leonard Cohen was born in Montreal in 1934. While attending McGill University, he formed a country-and-western trio called The Buckskin Boys and published his first book of poetry. His career spans more than forty years, during which he has produced an impressive body of work: he has published nine books of poetry and two novels, and has made eleven records, including Various Positions, I’m Your Man, and, most recently, The Future.

The soundtrack for Robert Altman’s film McCabe and Mrs. Miller comprised several of Leonard Cohen’s songs, featuring “Sisters of Mercy.” Cohen wrote, directed, and scored the 1984 video I Am a Hotel and wrote the lyrics for the Juno-Award-winning musical Night Magic.&l

About this edition

• Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0224008412
• ISBN 13: 9780224008419
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 154