BOOK OF MERCY
Title
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Book of Mercy
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Year published
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1984
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Publisher
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McClelland And Stewart Ltd., Toronto
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Pages
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112 pages (50 "psalms")
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Notes
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ISBN Hardbound 0-7710-2206-9
ISBN Paperback 0-7710-2182-8
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Summary
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A strikingly beautiful book of meditations, prayers, psalms,
contemplative texts, which efface the author's ego in deference to a higher
presence which seems in equal parts Hebrew G-d, Zen Master, and Poetic
Muse. A key book for understanding the later Cohen's commitment to
monastic retreat.
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Summary written for The Leonard Cohen Files
by professor Stephen Scobie, copyright © 1997.
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