Cover art for A Ballet of Lepers
Published
Canongate, October 2022
ISBN
9781838858995
Format
Softcover, 272 pages
Dimensions
23.4cm × 15.3cm

A Ballet of Lepers A Novel and Stories

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In A Ballet of Lepers Leonard Cohen explores themes that would come to permeate his later works - shame stemming from feelings of unworthiness; sexual desire, in all its sacred and profane dimensions; and longing, whether it be for love, family, freedom or transcendence. A haunting examination of these elements in tandem, this novel and stories are about toxic relationships and the lengths we go to maintain them.

Meditative and surprising, A Ballet of Lepers offers a playful, provocative and penetrating glimpse into the world-weary lives of Cohen's characters, and a window into the early art of a storytelling master.

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