{"product_id":"matters-of-vital-interest-a-forty-year-friendship-with-leonard-cohen-hardcover","title":"Matters of Vital Interest: A Forty-Year Friendship with Leonard Cohen - 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\u003eEric Lerner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA memoir of the author's decades-long friendship and spiritual journey with the late singer, songwriter, novelist, and poet Leonard Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Leonard Cohen passed away in late 2016, leaving behind many who cared for and admired him, but perhaps few knew him better than longtime friend Eric Lerner. Lerner, a screenwriter and novelist, first met Cohen at a Zen retreat forty years earlier. Their friendship helped guide each other through life's myriad obstacles, a journey told from a new perspective for the first time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Funny, revealing, self-aware, and deeply moving, \u003ci\u003eMatters of Vital Interest\u003c\/i\u003e is an insightful memoir about Lerner's relationship with his friend, whose idiosyncratic style and dignified life was deeply informed by his spiritual practices. Lerner invites readers to step into the room with them and listen in on a lifetime's ongoing dialogue, considerations of matters of vital interest, spiritual, mundane, and profane. In telling their story, Lerner depicts Leonard Cohen as a captivating persona, the likes of which we may never see again.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver a long career \u003cb\u003eEric Lerner\u003c\/b\u003e has written a memoir of his early adventures in Buddhism; edited the off-the-wall journal \u003ci\u003eZero\u003c\/i\u003e; was credited as writer and producer on the movies \u003ci\u003eBird on a Wire, Augustus\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eKiss the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e; and has written several novels, including \u003ci\u003ePinkerton's Secret: The Original Manuscript\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.5 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 October 16, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45311466668134,"sku":"9780306902703","price":45.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/anE2blJCWUU2L0VDL25OT0g5TUx6UT09.webp?v=1774281033","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/matters-of-vital-interest-a-forty-year-friendship-with-leonard-cohen-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}