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Hydra and the Bananas of Leonard Cohen

Hardback

Main Details

Title Hydra and the Bananas of Leonard Cohen
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Roger Green
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 159
Category/GenreRock and Pop
Poetry by individual poets
ISBN/Barcode 9780465027590
ClassificationsDewey:818.603
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Basic Books
Imprint Basic Books
Publication Date 1 September 2003
Publication Country United States

Description

On an idyllic Greek island, the garden of sixties icon Leonard Cohen inspires a poet to question and ultimately celebrate the meaning of his own life. English poet Roger Green left the safety of God, country, and whiskey to immerse himself in an austere and sober life on the Greek Island of Hydra. But when Green discovered that his terrace overlooked the garden of sixties balladeer Leonard Cohen, he became obsessed with Cohen's songs, wives, and banana tree. Hydra starts with a poem the author wrote and recited for his fifty-seventh birthday (borrowing the meter of Cohen's "Suzanne," and ripe with references to the song), with Cohen's ex-partner Suzanne, who may or may not be the subject of Cohen's song, in the audience. By turns playful and philosophic, Green's unconventional memoir tells the story of his journey down the rabbit hole of obsession, as he confronts the meaning of poetry, history, and his own life. Beginning as a poetic meditation upon Leonard Cohen's bananas, Green's bardic pilgrimage takes the reader on various twists and turns until, at last, the poet accepts the joy of accepting his fate.

Author Biography

Roger Green is an English poet living on the Greek island of Hydra. Among his publications are several books of poetry, including Wolvercote Dreaming and Notes from Overground by Tiresias. In 1987 the Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary published his translation of the Akathistos Hymn by Romanos the Melodist.