New book: Gentle This Soul (in Dutch)

[jarkko]

Wees lief voor deze ziel,
Veertig vensters op Leonard Cohen.

[Gentle This Soul,
Forty Windows on Leonard Cohen}

Written by Frank Kazenbroot. In Dutch.
ISBN: 978-90-8972-264-5
Info: info@bernemedia.com
Publication Date: September 21, 2018
Pages: 160

With photos from Wim van der Hulst.

Google translation:

Leonard Cohen is his great source of inspiration. In his book Be kind to this soul, the writer Frank Kazenbroot opens forty windows on the spiritual and religious power of Cohen's poetry. He follows the poet-musician from his birth in 1934 until his death in 2016. Cohen remained faithful to the Jewish tradition in which he was born, but he also studied Christian, Buddhist and Hindu traditions. Cohen himself followed a mystical path and shared it with his audience through his songs. In his powerful texts, motifs from those old traditions are interwoven with the experiences of a man of this time. Secular and religious language go hand in hand in his songs through which themes such as love, sex, loneliness, pain, mercy, brokenness, God and desire begin to live again.
Famous songs are: Suzanne, Hallelujah, Anthem and You want it darker. This book also highlights lesser-known songs. The song the Window from 1979 has been given an important place in this book. It unites beautiful music with mystical poetry. The invitation from Cohen to love the soul of a broken person Gentle this soul has become the title of this book.

Thanks to Frank Kazenbroot for the information

[Wybe]

Thanks for the information.

I made a reservation for the book presentation for Willy and me.


Wybe

[Wybe]

. LUISTER NAAR
LEONARD COHEN
Vrijdag 21 september presenteert Frank Kazenbroot zijn boek
Wees lief voor deze ziel in de Abdij van Berne in Heeswijk.
Daarbij verzorgt hij een lezing met muziekfragmenten van
Leonard Cohen in de abdijkerk.
Na afloop schenken we een glas en
signeert Frank Kazenbroot zijn boek.
U bent hierbij van harte welkom!
Datum: Vrijdag 21 september 2018
Aanvang: 15.00 uur (tot ongeveer 17.00 uur)
Plaats: Abdijkerk Abdij van Berne,
Abdijstraat 49, 5473 AD Heeswijk.
Entree: De entree bedraagt € 15,- (incl. consumptie)
Wij verzoeken u plaatsen te reserveren per e-mail op
activiteiten@bernemedia.com. Aanmelding is defini-
tief na ontvangst van betaling van € 15,- p.p. op
NL19 INGB 0000 825536 t.n.v. Boekhandel Berne
onder vermelding van Lezing Frank Kazenbroot en
uw naam.

[HugoD]

Thanks Wybe, Will try to be there also.

[jarkko]

Frank wrote this introduction to his book for us:

Leonard Cohen is Frank Kazenbroot's great source of inspiration. In his book ‘Gentle This Soul’, Kazenbroot opens forty windows on the spiritual and religious power of Cohen's poetry. He follows the poet-musician from his birth in 1934 until his death in 2016. Cohen remained faithful to the Jewish tradition in which he was born, but he also studied Christian, Buddhist and Hindu traditions. In the writer’s view, Cohen followed a mystical path and shared his experiences with his audience through his songs. In his powerful texts, motifs from those old traditions are interwoven with the experiences of a man of modern times. Secular and religious language go hand in hand in his songs through which themes such as love, sex, loneliness, pain, mercy, brokenness, God and desire begin to live again.

Cohen's famous songs are analyzed: Suzanne, Hallelujah, Anthem, You Want It Darker. This book also highlights lesser-known songs. The song ‘the Window’ from 1979 has been given an important place in this book. It unites beautiful music with mystical poetry. The invitation from Cohen to be gentle to the soul of a broken human being has become the title of this book.

Frank Kazenbroot (Schiedam, 1958) studied theology, lived for 18 years as a monk in a Roman Catholic monastery and lives now in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He works in a prison as a pastor.

[Eddy]

Booksigning in The Netherlands, Wybe and Willy Lageveen and the autor Frank Kazenbroot

[Wybe]

First copy of the book is presented by the author Frank Kazenbroot.

[Wybe]

Ann and Eddy receive there signed copy of the book. In the Background Willy, HugoD and Gerda waiting.

[Frankkazenbroot]

The second edition of ‘Wees lief voor deze ziel’ is available with Some corrections and so on.
The publisher is looking for possibilities for an English edition.

[Coenraad JH]

My dear,

I have taken note of this special book with great pleasure!!
A special book that has been written by the author with great passion.
The author takes you "as it were" on a journey from his own Soul,
which he lets linger with the Soul of Leonard Cohen.
The title of this book "Be kind to this Soul", is therefore very appropriate.

In terms of content, it is well and openly written in the right perspective of the intended.
There is even "subjectively seen" some affinity with both the author and the subject.

After reading the book, a Window has been created, with a refreshing view of people and society in this sometimes turbulent world.
A world in which the light will always shine again, deep into the Soul.

“There is a crack in everything, that is how the light gets in”!!
(Leonard Cohen)

Coenraad JH Janmaat OCDS
(The Netherlands)