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While he worked on the translation of Book of Longing into French, Michel Garneau, a poet himself, wrote a poem of his own for each poem translated from LC. So each original poem in French in this collection was directly inspired by a poem from BoL


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Looking at them both, poetry seems to be a lot of fun...!
The picture is taken on LC's front doorstep in Montréal.

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It's not bi-lingual?

Simon, is there's maybe a usual tradition in Quebec to translate the poetry as they did with BoL, so we can expect this book in English soon? Nevertheless, I'd like to have it, even in French, if you cna help, I'd be very gratefull

Hello ,
I an old fan fom Leonard,
but i am new here.
The book of longing,
Is it to find in german language?

greetings
Winterlady

The book of longing,
Is it to find in german language?

All editions of the Book of Longing in various languages, including German, are featured here:
http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/boflg.html