Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
by C.S. Lewis
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Author: C.S. LewisBrand: Houghton Mifflin Company
Illustrator: Fritz Eichenberg
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1980-07-09
ISBN: 0156904365
Number of pages: 324
Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company
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- ISBN13: 9780156904360
- Condition: New
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Book Review: A BRILLIANT book by a BRILLIANT man.
Summary: 5 Stars
In order to understand what a truly amazing book this is you have to realize three things: (1) The author was an INCREDIBLY BRILLIANT man, (2) he was an INCREDIBLY BRILLIANT scholar of medieval and ancient literature and (3) he is one of the most brilliant fiction writers of all time.How Brilliant is Lewis? So Brilliant that I can't imagine him writing this story at all and let alone so beautifully. After all what does a staid, middle age typically British male have in common with a young girl from a far less repressed culture?
Lewis is known as a scholar and lecturer on Christian theology, but I can just about bet that future generations are not going to remember him for that. What they will remember is the powerful ability that Lewis had to tell a tale. Besides, if there is anything of Christian Dogma in this work it is the aspects of it that are universal to all societies and religions.
The story is described as the retelling of the Cupid and Psyche myth, but it is in actuallity a story about a young woman who grows up to discover that not only is beauty in the eye of the beholder, but the elements of ones personality are what make a person "beautiful". In the end, individuals are respected for their character and the actions that they display.
What kept me involved in this story (I too read it in one sitting)was Lewis' masterful prose. While Lewis wanted us to believe in the vibrancy and color of the sights and sounds of Narnia, here he wants us to believe in the workings of the main characters mind. Lewis' use of language also draws the reader in and keeps one riveted to each page. One other highlight here is all the research that Lewis did on Hellenic (Ancient Greek style) cultures to bring authentisity to the story.
My recommendation is to read this book more than once. There is so much there to experience.
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