{"product_id":"who-by-fire-leonard-cohen-in-the-sinai-hardcover","title":"Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatti Friedman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn expedition into the troubled soul of one of the world's greatest songwriters.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003ci\u003eHaaretz \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNot only is a hidden side of Cohen revealed but so too a hidden side of Israel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e--David Bezmozgis\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair \u003c\/i\u003ebest book of 2022 * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMosaic Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e best book of 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe little-known story of Leonard Cohen's concert tour to the front lines of the Yom Kippur War, including never-before-seen selections from an unfinished manuscript by Cohen and rare photographs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn October 1973, the poet and singer Leonard Cohen--thirty-nine years old, famous, unhappy, and at a creative dead end--traveled from his home on the Greek island of Hydra to the chaos and bloodshed of the Sinai desert when Egypt attacked Israel on the Jewish high holiday of Yom Kippur. Moving around the front with a guitar and a group of local musicians, Cohen met hundreds of young soldiers, men and women at the worst moment of their lives. Those who survived never forgot the experience. And the war transformed Cohen. He had announced that he was abandoning his music career, but he instead returned to Hydra and to his family, had a second child, and released one of the best albums of his career. In \u003ci\u003eWho by Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, journalist Matti Friedman gives us a riveting account of those weeks in the Sinai, drawing on Cohen's previously unpublished writing and original reporting to create a kaleidoscopic depiction of a harrowing, formative moment for both a young country at war and a singer at a crossroads.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMATTI FRIEDMAN is an award-winning journalist and author. Born in Toronto and based in Jerusalem, his work has appeared regularly in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTablet\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Friedman's last book, \u003ci\u003eSpies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2019 Natan Prize and the Canadian Jewish Book Award for history. \u003ci\u003ePumpkinflowers: A Soldier's Story of a Forgotten War\u003c\/i\u003e was chosen in 2016 as a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and one of Amazon's 10 best books of the year. His first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Aleppo Codex\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2014 Sami Rohr Prize and the ALA's Sophie Brody Medal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.1 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52630016721203,"sku":"9781954118072","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/RS9rOVN5Tkt0cmVBWjZkeWlEcVQvQT09.webp?v=1762145842","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/who-by-fire-leonard-cohen-in-the-sinai-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}