Who By Fire
Matti Friedman
The 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 In 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 Who by Fire, journalist Matti Friedman gives us a riveting account of those weeks in the Sinai, drawing on Cohen’s previously unpublished writing and original reporting to create a kaleidoscopic depiction of a harrowing, formative moment for both a young country at war and a singer at a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.
Duration - 5h 19m.
Author - Matti Friedman.
Narrator - Matti Friedman.
Published Date - Tuesday, 16 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2022 Matti Friedman ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
The 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 In 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 Who by Fire, journalist Matti Friedman gives us a riveting account of those weeks in the Sinai, drawing on Cohen’s previously unpublished writing and original reporting to create a kaleidoscopic depiction of a harrowing, formative moment for both a young country at war and a singer at a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. Duration - 5h 19m. Author - Matti Friedman. Narrator - Matti Friedman. Published Date - Tuesday, 16 January 2024. Copyright - © 2022 Matti Friedman ©.
Language:
English
Epigraph
Duration:00:01:29
Introduction
Duration:00:17:57
Chapter 1
Duration:00:22:29
Chapter 2
Duration:00:10:37
Chapter 3
Duration:00:14:37
Chapter 4
Duration:00:09:45
Chapter 5
Duration:00:12:58
Chapter 6
Duration:00:10:16
Chapter 7
Duration:00:10:55
Chapter 8
Duration:00:12:58
Chapter 9
Duration:00:16:26
Chapter 10
Duration:00:09:38
Chapter 11
Duration:00:06:13
Chapter 12
Duration:00:05:00
Chapter 13
Duration:00:12:53
Chapter 14
Duration:00:13:37
Chapter 15
Duration:00:06:45
Chapter 16
Duration:00:01:16
Chapter 17
Duration:00:07:58
Chapter 18
Duration:00:12:12
Chapter 19
Duration:00:10:17
Chapter 20
Duration:00:15:57
Chapter 21
Duration:00:05:46
Chapter 22
Duration:00:07:59
Chapter 23
Duration:00:16:48
Chapter 24
Duration:00:13:43
Chapter 25
Duration:00:12:42
Chapter 26
Duration:00:13:23
Ending Credits
Duration:00:02:43
About the Author
Duration:00:04:20