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Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold

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few weeks ago
beautiful and moving and fascinating and profound all at once. can anyone read that scene between orual and psyche, when orual realizes that either she doesn't see what psyche sees or psyche sees something that's not there, without feeling something break inside? and then to consider what such a scene suggests about faith, belief, hope, despair, love, everything that's most vital to our souls......more
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few weeks ago
Till We Have Faces resonated with my soul from the first read. His ability to characterize the difficulties of apprehending the divine nature against the backdrop of personal loss and the selfishness of suffering provoke sympathy and horror in the vein of the greek tragedy the book imitates. However difficult the tale and the struggle, Lewis does not abandon the reader to a dark, pagan fatalism;...more
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few weeks ago
I first read this book when I was studying art photography in Oxford, England, and had got to spend a day taking shots out at the Kilns. That was over 12 years ago, and it is still one of my favorites for the way it makes my head spin with a tapestry of allusion used to illustrate the nature of faith. TWHF is perhaps the best example of Lewis' use of "instances" or "cases", those were Lewis'...more
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few weeks ago
This is my fourth or fifth time reading this book and each time I learn more, yet am still struck by its truth and depth. It is amazing to see the "heroine" go through character growth right before your eyes. She learns so many things about her life and her not-so-pure motives in life. This books is so powerful because just when you think all is hopeless for her in her self-made psychological...more
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few weeks ago
This book should be required reading for the human race. It is my all-time favourite book. I re-read it every year, and every time I read it I see new things in it, and learn truths about myself. The story in itself is compelling enough that, on its own, if you were just to read it as a story - as entertainment - you would not be disappointed. However, there is so much more to be gained from...more
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