Leonard Cohen in Julio Cortazar's Libro de Manuel
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 4:51 pm
Came across this quote in a blog that was linked to, yes, Twitter. It's hardly news since it's a short quotation from a book that was written in 1973, but still...
From the Argentine writer Julio Cortázar´s Libro de Manuel (my translation):
From the Argentine writer Julio Cortázar´s Libro de Manuel (my translation):
I'm pretty sure that Leonard would be honored to have his work compared to a really excellent shot of espresso.(...) Come soon, comedian of the old dovecote, little bit of blue sky, cute ass, here in this chair and now I’ll make coffee for everybody, ristretto, che, ristrettisimo like a little painting of Chardin, all substance and light and perfume, coffee that condenses the magics of the night like those songs of Leonard Cohen that Francine gave me and that I love so much.