Till We Have Faces
1956 novel by C. S. Lewis / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold is a 1956 novel by C. S. Lewis. It is a retelling of Cupid and Psyche, based on its telling in a chapter of The Golden Ass of Apuleius. This story had haunted Lewis all his life, because he realized that some of the main characters' actions were illogical.[1] As a consequence, his retelling of the story is characterized by a highly developed character, the narrator, with the reader being drawn into her reasoning and her emotions. This was his last novel, and he considered it his most mature, written in conjunction with his wife, Joy Davidman.
Author | C. S. Lewis |
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Cover artist | Biggs |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Mythological novel |
Publisher | Geoffrey Bles |
Publication date | 1956 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 314 (Mass Market Paperback) |
The first part of the book is written from the perspective of Psyche's older sister Orual, as an accusation against the gods. The story is set in the fictive kingdom of Glome, a primitive city-state whose people have occasional contact with civilized Hellenistic Greece. In the second part of the book, the narrator undergoes a change of mindset (Lewis would use the term conversion) and understands that her initial accusation was tainted by her own failings and shortcomings, and that the gods are lovingly present in humans' lives.