Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (733 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0786198389 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 536 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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""You Also are Psyche" Came a Great Voice" according to John Samsvick. This reworking of the classical myth of Cupid and Psyche could not have been written without the influence of Joy Davidman Gresham, who in the midst of her conversion from Communism found C.S. Lewis' books exciting and helpful, struck up a correspondence with the confirmed bachelor, eventually marrying him. KdH said One of my must have's!. I have always loved this book! I bought this for a friend to read. It's heart wrenching, funny, smart, and let me just say that C.S. Lewis can tell a story that takes you away! If you are looking for an adventure with meaning and soul, please get this book. Or just read this book - anyone! I, for one, love. Ben Avery said MY FAVORITE NOVEL OF ALL TIME. I have read this book every few years. The latest time I read it was probably the longest gap in time since I first read the book -- and when I finally got around to rereading it, I fell in love again. I had forgotten about so much. I knew what happened, story-wise, but it was so much fun to rediscover the
Set in the pre-Christian world of Glome on the outskirts of Greek civilization, it is a tale of two princesses: the beautiful Psyche, who is loved by the god of love himself, and Orual, Psyche's unattractive and embittered older sister who loves Psyche with a destructive possessiveness. S. Lewis' last work of fiction, this is often considered his best by critics.. Her frustration and jealousy over Psyche's fate sets Orual on the troubled path of self-discovery. C. Lewis reworks the timeless myth of Cupid and Psyche into an enduring piece of contemporary fiction in this novel about the struggle between sacred and profane love
. Less heavy-handedly Christian-allegorical than Narnia, Till We Have Faces gives us characters who remind us of people we know facing choices and difficulties we recognize. At once more human and more mythic than his Perelandra trilogy, Lewis's short novel of love, faith, and transformation (both good and ill) offers the reader much food for thought in a compact, impressively rich story. This deceptively simple book takes on new depth with each rereading