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The Great Divorce

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C.S. Lewis's dazzling allegory about heaven and hell and the chasm fixed between them, is one of his most brilliantly imaginative tales, as he takes ... Show synopsis

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Overall customer rating: 4.231
Karenfern

Out of the ballpark

by Karenfern on Oct 30, 2011

He hit this one out of the ballpark by creating a situation, making it credible and then exploring its implications. Like Screwtape, he uses humor as well as sensitivity and sensibility to redefine aspects of the afterlife. Whether one believes in one or not, the lessons for the living are clear. We ... More

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by 1rder on Sep 1, 2011

CS Lewis is always amazing and anything by him makes you look at things differently. More

Michael H

Must Read

by Michael H on Jul 8, 2011

Looking for a challenge to the traditional (not necessarily as biblical as they think) ways of speaking of heaven and hell? Then this is a book for you. It will challenge and stretch your concepts of this images that are by nature larger than our capacity to understand. This book is my favorite, not ... More

Harold H
by Harold H on Jan 20, 2011

I enjoyed this book, by CS Lewis - about life here after Heaven and Hell - Interesting perspective More

RondaB

Great book

by RondaB on Nov 11, 2010

As with any CS Lewis book, this one requires a quiet room and full concentration (and in my case-rereading several passages). If gives insight as only Lewis can into things that no one can really know, and is done with humor that belies the seriousness of the topic. If you like CS Lewis you will ... More

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Karenfern

Out of the ballpark

C S Lewis is never as wonderful as when playing with images and ideas. This, along with Screwtape, shows him at his best. He creates a situation, makes it credible and then explores its implications without being preachy. He was a superb craftsman.

by Karenfern on October 30, 2011
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Karenfern

Good lawyer, great divorce

C S Lewis hit one out of the ballpark with this one. He set up an environment wherein people were given a final choice of destinations and used the space to explore what went into both good and bad. He also made the wonderful point which I keep making to my more fervent Christian friends that there ... More

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