Fantastically
detailed and very readable biography of author, philosopher and
Christian apologist C. S. Lewis, the author of the Narnia Chronicles.
Published in 2013, fifty years after Lewis's death. I bought this book at the same time I bought Clive James' translation of The Divine Comedy (May 2014) and read them one after the other.
I have many of Lewis' books (all of which I have read at one time or another and all published during his years at Oxford) so have always wanted to know a bit more about the man behind the words. Here are his works in my collection:
The Chronicles of Narnia (all 7 books)
The Cosmic Trilogy (his 3 science fiction books)
Yes, I am a fan of C. S. Lewis! That's probably why I was keen to read this new biography. Could hardly put
it down once I had started. I'm not going to say anymore - you should read it for yourself!
Now
I am keen to read a biography of J. R. R. Tolkein, the author
of Lord of the Rings. I have read most of his work and have some of
them at home in my library (Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, The Children of Hurin). He was a contemporary of Lewis at
Oxford from the early 1930's onwards and each helped the other
develop their separate ideas. Stay tuned!
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