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  <title><![CDATA[Book of Mercy]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Leonard Cohen]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Cohen sings from the gap. He knows exactly what his pain is all about, but that doesn't stop him from feeling it. He prays to a masculine God, which does not resonate so much for me, personally, but he is a Jewish man who believes in the Judeo-Christian divinity, and he sure isn't alone in that so I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56101978">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a book of psalms, although it wasn't what I expected.  I read it all of the way through and started to read it again.  The writing is very rich with layers of meaning, like poetry.  Some of it is a bit obscure for me, but overall I like it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Some of Leonard's prose is great (of course), but I really dislike his approach to his own spirituality in this book. It seems a bit weak. <br/><br/>I'm surprised by this, because compared to what he wrote before, I thought he would've known better. Maybe it was a mid-life crisis. I think that mel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23517045">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[this book recently saved me from......well lets just same that his reworking of psalms speaks directly to the hungers and grace that finds my soul. Even if you are not a fan musically (I'm not much of one) you can gain from it.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Jan 23 10:41:34 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I used to leave this book in my car so when I was stuck I could pull it out and read something.  Just pick a page.  Then the laundry detergent decided to swallow it with sticky goo and I had to bury it properly.  ]]></body>
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  <date_added>Tue Mar 13 23:06:44 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Absolutely beautiful prose poetry about the difficulties of faith.  If you like his music, and you can tolerate a plethora of Biblical references, you'll enjoy this book quite a bit.  He got me through college.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[absolutely beautiful. Its been a long time since i read it but it was fantastic. A really quick read and good to pick up and start from anywhere in the book.]]></body>
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    <review id="11728339">
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    <body><![CDATA[Dear Leonard,<br/><br/>I knew you were an amazing poet and without-par musician, but I had no idea that you also had a gig as the Holy Spirit.<br/><br/>Love,<br/>amy]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Poetry/short essays about Cohen's search for higher power. Kinda boring. Book of Longing is 1000 times better, as is his songwriting.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[New Psalms written with bitterness, solitude, and reverance.  An attempt at a Unified Heart.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My love 4 ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Beautiful]]></body>
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