u003cpu003eu003cbu003eu003ciu003eNEW YORK TIMES u003c/iu003eBEST SELLERu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003eNamed a Fall Read by u003ciu003eVogue, Esquire, The Washington Post, TIME,u003c/iu003e u003ciu003eVanity Fair u003c/iu003eand u003ciu003eO, the Oprah Magazine. u003c/iu003eOne of u003ciu003eDaily Mail u003c/iu003eand u003ciu003eFinancial Timesu003c/iu003e's Best Books of 2018.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003eu003cbru003e“There are very, very few people who occupy the ground that Leonard Cohen walks on.” —BONOu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003ciu003eThe Flame u003c/iu003e 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, u003ciu003eThe Flameu003c/iu003e offers an unprecedentedly intimate look inside the life and mind of a singular artist.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eA reckoning with a life lived deeply and passionately, with wit and panache, u003ciu003eThe Flame u003c/iu003eis a valedictory work.u003cbru003eu003cbru003e“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.”u003cbru003eu003cbru003eLeonard 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.”u003c/pu003e
