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Home > Biographies & Autobiography >   Hydra and the Bananas of Leonard Cohen: (Hardcover)
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Description   English poet Roger Green left the safety of God, country, and whiskey to immerse himself in an austere and sober life on the Greek Island of Hydra. But when Green discovered that his terrace overlooked the garden of sixties balladeer Leonard Cohen, he became obsessed with Cohen's songs, wives, and banana tree. Hydra starts with a poem the author wrote and recited for his fifty-seventh birthday (borrowing the meter of Cohen's "Suzanne," and ripe with references to the song), with Cohen's ex-partner Suzanne, who may or may not be the subject of Cohen's song, in the audience. By turns playful and philosophic, Green's unconventional memoir tells the story of his journey down the rabbit hole of obsession, as he confronts the meaning of poetry, history, and his own life. Beginning as a poetic meditation upon Leonard Cohen's bananas, Green's bardic pilgrimage takes the reader on various twists and turns until, at last, the poet accepts the joy of accepting his fate.   Related Products... Untitled Bloomberg Biography: (Hardcover) Becoming Eichmann: Rethinking the Life, Crimes, a A Hundred and One Days: (Hardcover) The Reagan I Knew: (Hardcover) Our Price: $16.17 for 25 - 99 copies Add Our Price: $16.50 for 25 - 99 copies Add Our Price: $13.77 for 25 - 99 copies Add Our Price: $15.00 for 25 - 99 copies Add Underwater to Get Out of the Rain: A Love Affair Samuel Johnson: The Struggle (Hardcover) Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Soldiers Once: My Brother and the Lost Dreams of Our Price: $15.00 for 25 - 99 copies Add Our Price: $21.00 for 25 - 99 copies Add Our Price: $11.48 for 25 - 99 copies Add Our Price: $15.00 for 25 - 99 copies Add

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