The Great Divorce
C.S. Lewis takes us on a profound journey through both Heaven and Hell in this engaging, allegorical tale. Using his extraordinary descriptive powers, Lewis introduces us to supernatural beings who will change the way we think about good and evil.
C.S. Lewis takes us on a profound journey through both Heaven and Hell in this engaging, allegorical tale. Using his extraordinary descriptive powers, Lewis introduces us to supernatural beings who will change the way we think about good and evil.
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780060572952 (0060572957)
Publish date: November 25th 2003
Publisher: HarperAudio
Edition language: English
The allegory in it went over my head more often than in some of his other works, but it was interesting. Another one I'll have to try again with some kind of companion. *Review written on February 18, 2016.*
This book is a journey in which the main character is led by a Scottish minister through a dreamt-up purgatory full of metaphors, which C.S. Lewis uses to explore his concepts of Heaven and Hell and contrast them to other views held by much of Christianity. Although I do not necessarily agree with m...
I'm going to be stoned by my Christian friends, I just know it. I don't know why, but I just didn't like this as well as I liked Lewis' other works, like The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia or even Mere Christianity. The writing or literary device used reminded me of The Shack: Where Tra...
The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis (?)
This is a great book about the Christian faith. C.S. Lewis uses the setting of a dream to communicate fundamental truths. Guided by George MacDonald, an earlier author, he embarks on a trip starting in Hell, and ends up in Heaven In the process, he explains Christian views of life, death, heaven ...