A Grief Observed (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)

More a book about doubt than about faith; it does not warn, exhort or seek to convince...It offers an interrogation of experience and a glimmer of hard-won hope. Hilary Mantel, The Guardian A Grief Observed remains powerful precisely because Lewis does not come to lovely conclusions about his God or his religion or his suffering...He rants, questions, weeps and feels terrible...And in doing so, he renders in prose what it really feels like to grieve. American Magazine Following the death of his wife, Joy Davidman, C. S. Lewis penned the emotionally charged and deeply introspective A Grief Observed. Originally published under a pseudonym due to concerns about the unorthodox views expressed by one of Christianitys most prominent defenders, the book stands as a remarkable chronicle of bereavement by a sensitive and eloquent witness. In his reflections, Lewis plumbs the depths of his faith and searches for meaning amidst loss. Rather than furnishing prescriptions or exhortations, A Grief Observed offers a searching meditation during a time of sorrow and bewilderment. This Warbler Classics edition includes an extensive biographical timeline. Clive Staples Lewis (18981963) was a British writer, literary scholar, and and arguably the most influential Christian writer of his day. He taught English literature at Oxford and Cambridge universities. He is best known for The Chronicles of Narnia series, but also wrote other works of fiction such as The Screwtape Letters and The Space Trilogy, and non-fiction Christian apologetics, including Mere Christianity and The Problem of Pain. Altogether Lewis wrote more than thirty books, which have been translated into more than thirty languages.