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Beautiful Losers Paperback – November 2, 1993

by Leonard Cohen (Author)

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One of the best-known experimental novels of the 1960s, Beautiful Losers is Leonard Cohen’ s most defiant and uninhibited work. As imagined by Cohen, hell is an apartment in Montreal, where a bereaved and lust-tormented narrator reconstructs his relations with the dead. In that hell two men and a woman twine impossibly and betray one another again and again. Memory blurs into blasphemous sexual fantasy--and redemption takes the form of an Iroquois saint and virgin who has been dead for 300 years but still has the power to save even the most degraded of her suitors.

First published in 1966, Beautiful Losers demonstrates that its author is not only a superb songwriter but also a novelist of visionary power. Funny, harrowing, and fiercely moving, it is a classic erotic tragedy, incandescent in its prose and exhilarating for its risky union of sexuality and faith.

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Dubbed "an unstructured, free-form, irreverent novel" ( LJ 4/1/66) by LJ 's reviewer, Beautiful Losers seemed too strange even for the Sixties. Nevertheless, the book went on to become a cult hit, selling more than 400,000 copies before going out of print. The novel is now being reissued to coincide with the upcoming publication of Cohen's Stranger Music. With its gay relationships, homages to Canadian Native Americans, and search for the meaning of life, this may now find wider acceptance in the mainstream. For public libraries.
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"Gorgeously written. . . . One comes out of it having seen terrible and beautiful visions." --The New York Times

"Leaves one gasping for breath as well as suitable words. . . . Cohen is a powerful, poetic writer." --Dallas Times-Herald

"Brilliant, explosive, a fountain of talent. . . . James Joyce is not dead. . . . He lives in Montreal under the name of Cohen. . . writing from the point of view of Henry Miller." --Boston Sunday Herald

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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Vintage; Reissue edition (November 2, 1993)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0679748253
ISBN-13: 978-0679748250
Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.6 x 8 inches
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Average Customer Review: 82 customer reviews
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Patrick J. Leahy

Leonard Cohen does what no author has done before, and none would attempt to do now

October 15, 2015

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One of the strangest and most convoluted pieces of literature I've ever read. Sexual, shocking, vulgar, and above all, thought provoking. It's a book riddled with brilliant philosophy tied in to a questionable dark comedy. Though the B-plot is underwhelming and devoid of anything significant beyond subtle tie ins to the A-plot, the book holds up. It's not for everyone (Weak stomachs steer clear) but it's certainly a must read for anybody looking for a unique and ambitious ride of psychedelics and unexplainably brilliant philosophical points.

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Philip

Great sixties novel!

January 24, 2016

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Definitely a "stream of consciousness" novel. Probably one of the first ones written. It came out in the sixties.

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Always delightful

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Robert R. Tyl

Darker still!

March 27, 2017

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Probably one of the wieirdest books I've read in a long time, but Leonard being who he is.......!

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Andrew Morgan

particularly the over emphasis on the Canadian Indian part of the novel which at times became tedious. Despite the comments abov

June 10, 2015

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I first read this book in 1973 in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. I was a member of the regional Censor Boerd and it was banned as being obscene. Now, more than 40 years later, my views are ambivalent. The story is told in a stream of consciousness style , reminiscent of James Joyce. Research shows that the author was under the influence of amphetamines for most of the time when writing, which possibly explains the fragmented and almost manic style. It was a challenge at times to read through to the end, particularly the over emphasis on the Canadian Indian part of the novel which at times became tedious.
Despite the comments above, I believe that the book was a product of its era, the social unrest and questioning of traditional values of the Author's generation, and for that reason, I would recommend reading it.
Of course, the Author's real success lis in his concentration on poetry, lyrics and music.

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Love everything he does.

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James L. Holm

Cohen reveals all in short book.

April 14, 2013

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This little book is full of surprises and wonderful content. One learns more about Cohen's bi-sexuality. One scene involves a crazed drive through the Canadian backlands to reach an urgent destination.
Without spoiling it, you'll find driving has a sexual side too. Reading it is like a time travel to the 50' and 60's. I have read it in fits and starts.

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Pure Cohen

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He wanted it darker...

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He died and then I read it.

Pretty weird. Best part was when the dildo smashed the glass out of the hotel room window and ran away into the lake after a lotta graphic sex-depicting.Read more

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A Cosmically Joyous Read

Reader beware! You have probably never read anything like this (even if you have). For the self-aware, it will delight you as it enlightens you.Read more

Published 8 months ago by Allen

Horrible book!!!

terrible couldnt read it sick sex scene constantly
Horrible book! a waste of money for unread crap.

Published 11 months ago by George M. Radell

Five Stars

The book arrived in good shape.

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but wasn't a bad book either

Wasn't what I expected, but wasn't a bad book either.

Published 11 months ago by cjphoenix1911

Five Stars

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Published 11 months ago by Ms. W. J. Owen

"Dark" kind of book!

Could not finish this book. Too " dark " and kind of " dirty ' language! His other book: The Life of Leonard Cohen, keeps your attention from start to finish.Read more

Published 12 months ago by Joan Toet

I came so far for beauty

Leonard Cohen's music and poetry is known to be tightly edited and sparse; his prose poetry experiment Beautiful Losers, however, is not.Read more

Published 1 year ago by Surferofromantica

Two Stars

Since I love LC, I hoped for better.

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