{"product_id":"2940169226645","title":"The Flame: Poems, Notebooks, Lyrics, Drawings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis program is read by Margaret Atwood, Rodney Crowell, John Doe, Jim Fletcher, Ari Fliakos, Maggie Hoffman, Ross Marquand, Will Patton, Seth Rogen, Michael Shannon, and Neela Vaswani.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Flame\u003c\/i\u003e is the final collection of the seminal musician and poet, which he was determined to complete before his death.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust weeks before his death in late 2016, Leonard Cohen told \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e that he was ready for the end to come. He just wanted enough time to put his last book in order. Fortunately, that time was granted. \u003ci\u003eThe Flame \u003c\/i\u003eis Cohen's eloquent farewell, a valedictory collection of lyrics and poems that maps his singular creative journey. As noted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's citation, \"For six decades, Leonard Cohen revealed his soul to the world through poetry and song-his deep and timeless humanity touching our very core.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to new poems about war, desire, regrets, lamb chops, and hummingbirds, and lyrics from his last three albums, including the chart-topping \"You Want It Darker,\" \u003ci\u003eThe Flame\u003c\/i\u003e includes carefully selected excerpts from Cohen's voluminous notebooks, which he kept faithfully over the years. Listeners will hear about the subjects that have always preoccupied Cohen: the dimensions of love, the secret code of existence, and the hope for transcendence in a broken world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the words of Cohen's longtime manager and friend, Robert Kory, \u003ci\u003eThe Flame\u003c\/i\u003e \"reveals to all the intensity of his inner fire\" to the end.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158792290544,"sku":"2940169226645","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169226645_p0.jpg?v=1763675543","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169226645","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}