Dance Me to the End of Love (Art & Poetry) (Hardcover)

by Leonard Cohen (Author), Henri Matisse (Illustrator) "Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove..." (more)
Key Phrases: Leonard Cohen

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review
The Canadian songwriter Leonard Cohen, known primarily for his mournful tunes of love misplaced, has produced a surprising message of hopeful passion in this playful picture book for grownups in love. The 21 Matisse illustrations sprawl luxuriously across the pages. Art, poetry, and the suggestion of erotic delights... what more can a lover ask? --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description
10 years ago, Welcome Books published the star of its Art & Poetry Series, Dance Me to the End of Love, a deliriously romantic song by Leonard Cohen that was brilliantly visualized through the sensual paintings of Henri Matisse. Now for its 10-year anniversary, Welcome is thrilled to present the entirely re-imagined and redesigned Dance Me to the End of Love. With the art of Matisse and the words of Cohen still at the heart of the book, the new look and feel of this Art & Poetry book is overwhelmingly beautiful.
Cohen's song is a lyrical tribute to the miracle of love, the grace it bestows on us and its healing, restorative power. Originally recorded on his Various Positions album, and featured in Cohen's anthology, Stranger Music, this poetic song is gloriously married to the art works by Henri Matisse, perhaps the greatest artist of the twentieth century. "I had this dance within me for a long time," Matisse once said in describing one of his murals. Dance Me to the End of Love is the perfect book for art lovers, song lovers, and all other lovers as well.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Welcome Books (August 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932183930
• ISBN-13: 978-1932183931
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 9.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #107,900 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ...Show me slowly what I only know the limits of...., April 1, 2000

By	Daniel (Reading, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dance Me to the End of Love (Hardcover)

I'm a great fan of this series of books - each takes a poem and an artist, and blends the words of the poem with the images of the artist to create a harmonious, well-matched whole. Dance Me To The End Of Love is the most successful of the sequence, with Matisse's gliding, extravagantly curvaceous artwork and Leonard Cohen's beautiful song-poem floating around, in and out of each other, the words complementing the images complementing the words. It is a beautiful book to look at and to read, to savour and enjoy. Matisse was an artist whose images had all the flying poise and grace of the dancer, and is the only possible artist who could have complemented Leonard Cohen's song. I am delighted to possess this book, and can read it over and over again, admiring the beauty and vision of the person who set the typeface and layout of the pages. If you love beautiful things, and admire Matisse, this is a book you must have casually tossed onto your coffee table - see how many people lean forward and glance inside, and are riveted immediately.

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book for lovers, June 12, 1998

By	[e-mail] (Santa Cruz, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dance Me to the End of Love (Hardcover)

This isn't a book of poetry, it is a book of one poem, beautifully matched with work by Matisse. I have now given it to two different couples for their weddings. Words and pictures to make your heart soar, Cohen and Matisse seemed to be talking to each other with their art.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a treasure!, March 24, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Dance Me to the End of Love (Hardcover)

i love this book... it is so rhythmical and sensual. i got it for my husband on our wedding day. it was perfect.