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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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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. In The Great Divorce C. S. Lewis again employs his formidable talent for fable and allegory. The writer, in a dream, finds himself in a bus which travels between Hell and Heaven. This is the starting point for an extraordinary meditation upon good and evil which takes issue with William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. In Lewis's own words, "If we insist on keeping Hell (or even earth) we shall not see Heaven: if we accept Heaven then we shall not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell."
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4.0étoiles sur 5 Actually deserves 4.5 stars, Juil 18 2001
Par Lindsay Junck (Flagstaff, AZ USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
I have not read anything by Lewis for many years, and what I do remember of Lewis' work is very different from what I read in The Gread Divorce. While I am not a Christian and therefore not exactly sure how I feel about heaven and hell, this book was inspiring. The story is unlike any other I have read before, and I think accurately represents people's attitudes about heaven and hell. According to Lewis, "All that are in hell, choose it." Kind of a radical idea! (For anyone who is interested, the title of the novel is in reference to Blake's The Marraige of Heaven and Hell.)
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5.0étoiles sur 5 The Hardness of Heaven, Juil 8 2009
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Unlike some of Lewis' other books ("The Pilgrim's Regress", or "The Chronicles of Narnia"), "The Great Divorce" is not allegory but rather a well crafted and metaphorical dream of the nature and ethos of heaven and hell and the reasons people will one day find themselves in either one or the other. In this beautifully imagined story, Lewis develops one of the main ideas of his famous essay/sermon, The Weight of Glory, namely that the often imagined airy and opaque spiritual realm is a truer and "harder" reality than that of this physical/material world (which is really a kind of shadow land, like a pencil sketch rendering of a landscape compared to being in the actual place). When the narrator arrives in heaven (or in the waiting space of heaven) he finds that the grass cuts his feet and when he goes to find relief in a stream, he is carried away on the surface of the current he tries to wade in to. Falling cones and acorns would pass right through him if they fell on him, not because they are ethereal and "soft" but because in the realm of glory, they are so much harder and real than unglorified and as yet unperfected humanity. New arrivals in heaven are but a shadow of what they were always meant to be and which the redeemed will one day become.

Lewis also explores the idea that people who are in hell are there because they choose to be and, even if given the opportunity to leave, they would not for they refuse to humble themselves and hand over the reigns of their lives to Another. The narrator/dreamer in the story overhears several conversations between people already in heaven and the recent arrivals who are given a day pass out of hell to visit their loved ones in a type of intermediate place. The believers attempt to talk their loved ones into surrendering up their self-centeredness for the Lordship of the Master which will allow the visitors to permanently remain in heaven with them but every excuse is given for not doing so (ranging from the petty excuses of people who once knew a Christian who was a hypocrite to scholarly self-important pride).

This is a thought provoking and beautiful book, in my opinion one of Lewis's best, and that is truly saying something.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 If you like C.S. Lewis . . ., Juil 9 2004
. . . like I do, I strongly suggest We All Fall Down, by Brian Caldwell. Like Lewis, Caldwell takes an intellectual aproach to the concept of Christianity. His novel is very much in the vein of The Screwtape Letters and The Great divorce. I highly recomend it for discriminating Christian readers.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 One of the best books by Lewis
The Great Divorce is one of a kind, indeed. Like that of his Screwtape Letters, it is a fantasy book, but based on a real belief in the Truth - Christianity and everything... Read more
Publié le Jui 19 2004 par William Heckner Jr

5.0étoiles sur 5 Nonbelievers will enjoy this read - my favorite book
I don't happen to be a believer in a higher power, Christian or otherwise, but I thoroughly enjoyed this bus ride from the very first page. C.S. Read more
Publié le Mai 25 2004 par dweezil

5.0étoiles sur 5 Pondering the perspective of heaven
First I have to admit that I have not read much CS Lewis. Given his reputation as one of the premiere Christian writers of the last century I recently purchased a small stack of... Read more
Publié le Mai 2 2004 par D. Keating

5.0étoiles sur 5 LOVED it!
Great book...It is fiction but written like nonfiction in the sense that you will still learn from it a great deal...will give you a new perspective of heaven and of God. Read more
Publié le Avril 5 2004 par tk

5.0étoiles sur 5 Theological Triumph
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis is a theological triumph. Narrated by the character George MacDonald(a fantasy writer who resides dead in hell) Mr. Read more
Publié le Fév 25 2004 par xmaggie_mayx

5.0étoiles sur 5 Delightful "Fantasy"
What a delightful little book! I think Lewis' fiction works often reveal more profound truths than his philosophical/theological ones. Read more
Publié le Fév 24 2004 par Jenni

5.0étoiles sur 5 One Of The Best Books I've Ever Read
This book is unforgettable -- both comforting and disconcerting. The narrator, together with a busload of damned souls, takes an allegorical trip into Heaven (or at least, into... Read more
Publié le Fév 16 2004

4.0étoiles sur 5 A Fun Read
I could not put this fictional story down. The story representing heaven and hell is short but captivating. Read more
Publié le Janv. 21 2004 par Josh Moffit

5.0étoiles sur 5 Sleepers awake! The morning comes!
"The Great Divorce" is C.S. Lewis' allegory of our lifelong struggle with our fallen nature in search of faith in God and Christ. Read more
Publié le Janv. 10 2004 par Robert Aarhus

5.0étoiles sur 5 fodder for intelligent discussion
I read this book in college, my first C. S. Lewis book, and was floored by Lewis's use of language, images and symbols. Read more
Publié le Janv. 9 2004 par Brian W. Fullford

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