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Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer's suicide


Genius is fragile. Success, even more so. What does it mean then for an artist to fail?

Whatever the flaws of Confederacy they do not detract from the palpable quality of the writing, the authenticity of the voice and the sheer delight millions of readers from many countries and all walks of life, have derived from reading it. In his book “The Holy or The Broken,” Alan Light writes, “If Leonard Cohen was the author of ‘Hallelujah’ and John Cale was its editor, Jeff Buckley was the song’s ultimate performer. Between 1994, the year Grace came out, and 1997, Leonard Cohen had gained more popularity, with artists like Elton John and U2 covering his songs, and Columbia Records releasing many tribute and compilation albums.

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