Stranger Music : Selected Poems and Songs

Author: Leonard Cohen

Poetry by individual poets

Published on 12 November 2026 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom

Paperback | 432 pages
197 x 129 | 498g

Discover the tender, melancholic wonder of Leonard Cohen in this essential collection of his most iconic verses.

A culture-defining music icon, Leonard Cohen began his career as a poet. With a unique eye for sorrow and beauty, love and solitude, faith and longing, his voice would come to move the world.

Stranger Music presents a magnificent cross section of Cohen’s most celebrated era and includes legendary songs like ‘Suzanne’, ‘I’m Your Man’ and ‘Hallelujah’ alongside selections from poetry collections such as Flowers for Hitler, Beautiful Losers and Death of a Lady’s Man.

Daring, intimate, evocative, Stranger Music illuminates the great legacy of an artist whose work transcended genres and generations.

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