Book of Longing

　　《渴望之書》裡面蒐錄柯恩的詩，他寫於過去二十多年間，包括在南加州巴地山的禪修寺院、洛杉磯、蒙特婁與孟買時候寫的詩。這本書還包括作者調皮挑釁的插畫，而插畫與詩又以一種令人興奮、難以預期的方式，彼此互動，呈現一種永恆、冥思，還有經常出現的黑色幽默。《渴望之書》涵括了柯恩文字藝術性元素，獲得世界認可的創作集。

　　Leonard Cohen wrote the poems in Book of Longing—his first book of poetry in more than twenty years—during his five-year stay at a Zen monastery on Southern California's Mount Baldy, and in Los Angeles, Montreal, and Mumbai. This dazzling collection is enhanced by the author's playful and provocative drawings, which interact in exciting, unexpected ways on the page with poetry that is timeless, meditative, and often darkly humorous. An international sensation, Book of Longing contains all the elements that have brought Cohen's artistry with language worldwide recognition.