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  <title><![CDATA[Let Us Compare Mythologies]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;p&gt; Published in 1956 when he was twenty-two years old, &lt;i&gt;Let Us Compare Mythologies&lt;/i&gt; is Leonard Cohen's first book. Long out of print, it is now available exactly as it appeared fifty years ago as one of the four hundred copies published by the McGill Poetry Series in Canada, with its original cover and illustrations by Canadian artist Freda Guttman. &lt;/p&gt;</default_description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Leonard Cohen]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Definitely the lush, romantic images of human demoralization I expected from Leonard Cohen and loved!  This is the first of his I've read, as I know him primarily as a songwriter. And because this is his first published book, I expect it is not his most developed work.  However, throughout the poems...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24045703">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 1986</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Beautiful, evocative, dark and sensual.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If I was reviewing this book when it first came out (1956), I would probably say that it's &quot;promising&quot;.  You can see hints of the genius to come, but he's still pretty rough around the edges.  Good for a first book, though.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's interesting to contrast this with Cohen's later work. It has a lot in common so far as sensibilities and moods go, but is also drastically different in execution. A large part of the appeal of Cohen for me is how communicative he is. Here, he feels very insular and inaccessible a lot of the tim...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70161382">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Cohen's ability to create poignant and bittersweet poetry should be familiar to anyone who's listened to his music. This collection includes a number of beautiful poems, particularly Exodus. As the title might suggest, the poems create the sense of having a conversation with Cohen, the kind of conve...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4332949">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43213707">
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    <body><![CDATA[Je t'aime Leonard.<br/><br/>A concert at GM Place with the 70-something Leonard Cohen confirmed it, he's the coolest Canadian writer/musician. He is so giving, so perceptive, so emotional, so affecting.<br/><br/>I hate that he was 22 when he wrote this book, mostly because it makes me feel shitt...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43213707">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this in school. Should probably revisit, because I forget what it is about.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love his poetry.  there are very few poets I find this hypnotic and connected to.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Swell]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My love 6 ]]></body>
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