<p>In <em>The Wordless Leonard Cohen Songbook</em>, master engraver George A. Walker provides a new perspective on a man whose words have captivated generations.</p><p>Walker's latest wordless narrative presents a suite of 80 wood engravings commemorating the life and artistic accomplishments of Leonard Cohen, the Montreal-born poet, novelist, and singer-songwriter whose career has spanned almost six decades.</p><p>Best read to music, <em>The Wordless Leonard Cohen Songbook</em> presents images of Cohen's iconic public persona alongside vivid interpretations of his ever-evolving work. The engravings compose a biographical mosaic that invites readers backstage, behind the curtains of Cohen's critical and commercial acclaim. Some scenes are drawn from history; other depictions arise from imagination and interpretation. These images encourage us to search beyond the visual elements and to see in them a poem, a song, a meaningful turn of phrase. They urge us to look beyond the black and white and to consider Cohen's life and work through the lens of our own experience.</p><p><em>The Wordless Leonard Cohen</em> Songbook originated in celebration of Cohen's 80th birthday as a limited edition of 80 copies hand printed in Walker's studio in Leslieville, Toronto.</p>