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Till We Have Faces A Myth Retold CS Lewis Fritz Eichenberg Books

I have read this book every few years. The latest time I read it was probably the longest gap in time since I first read the book -- and when I finally got around to rereading it, I fell in love again. I had forgotten about so much. I knew what happened, story-wise, but it was so much fun to rediscover the depth of character and themes and the powerful climax and brilliant character moments.

This is a book I would highly recommend to anyone, at any stage of spiritual development. It tackles tough questions about belief in something more than the material, the problem of pain in our world, the dichotomy of the human heart needing both logic and emotion...I could go on and on.

But the main character drives the themes! She is a flawed character -- highly flawed -- but because her flaws are realistic and relatable, she is also a sympathetic character and the things that happen around her give her narration credibility, even as she revels herself to be an untrustworthy narrator.

In many ways, the novel is a fictional exploration of the deep ideas that Lewis touches on in many of his non-fiction works (Mere Christianity, The Problem with Pain, and especially The Four Loves). But it is much, much more than that. I consider this to be C.S. Lewis' best novel and, more than being my favorite novel by Lewis, the best novel I have ever read.


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Till We Have Faces A Myth Retold CS Lewis Fritz Eichenberg Books Reviews

This book profoundly affected my life as a new Christian 40 years ago; and, on reading it again, it worked wonders today. It is the best depiction of the magnitude of God's gracious, loving mercy that I've ever read It pulls us into the perspective of the 1st-person narrator and inevitably causes us to identify with her ugliness, which is deeper than the physical. We recognize ourselves in her depravity, yet we sympathize. In the end, we see how "the gods" have loved and shaped who she would become, and we learn invaluable lessons about how our God shapes our character and holds our ultimate destiny in his loving hands.
One of my favorite books ever written. C.S. Lewis himself believed that this was his best work of fiction--better than The Chronicles of Narnia. It also happened to be the last work of fiction he ever wrote. The idea behind the book was conceived while he was still a strong atheist, but he finished it and changed it after he had become a Christian, making the book a very interesting peek into his perspective on his own conversion story. Fun, personal, spiritual, this is a book that more lovers of C.S. Lewis's writings must read.
I have read most of C.S. Lewis' writings, and had been a fan of his non-fiction and could take or leave his fiction. However, a friend of mine had recommended "Till We Have Faces," and so I took it up. By the end I was astounded. The metaphors that C.S. Lewis uses to discuss what each and every one of us do with "masks" is insightful. It left me with much to reflect on for quite a while. I plan on reading it again this year some time.
Till We Have Faces is classic C. S. Lewis. Lewis’s revision of the Myth of Cupid and Psyche is extremely well written in the engaging style that characterizes his other fiction. It’s a great story, one that also communicates in a loving and sensitive way the futility and illogic of those views that cast doubt on God’s justice or mercy. Like his friends Tolkien and Williams, Lewis loved the power of myth, and this particular myth has an autobiographical point to make about getting one’s thinking straight. Like some of his other works, this story plot is cut short before what we might wish to be a satisfying conclusion. This too fits into one of Lewis’s life themes every person has a deep unquenchable longing for that perfect place or circumstance where life will be fulfilled and joy complete. “We have all had our dream of some other land, some other world, some other way of giving the prizes which would bring us in as the conquerors…” In this life, just like the story, we can never quite get there. Nor can we even quite imagine what that perfect experience will be like. In the meantime, none of us can really relate to God, meet him in person, or even understand him “till we have faces.” Yet we can have faces, and we can meet Him face to face, to the regret of those around us, for there is a love that devours the one who is loved. “For mortals will become more and more jealous. And mother and wife and child and friend will all be in league to keep a soul from being united with the Divine Nature.” Was Lewis thinking of this “And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit” (2 Corinthians 318)? Read the book to find what this means.
I have always loved this book! I bought this for a friend to read. It's heart wrenching, funny, smart, and let me just say that C.S. Lewis can tell a story that takes you away! If you are looking for an adventure with meaning and soul, please get this book. Or just read this book - anyone! I, for one, love it so much.
Masterful! A Great read! Lots of memorable quotes
• To love, and to lose what we love, are equally things appointed for our nature.
• There is a love deeper than theirs who seek only the happiness of their beloved.
• There must, whether the gods see it or not, be something great in the mortal soul. For suffering, it seems, is infinite, and our capacity without limit.
• I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice?
One mistake many make with this book is to stop part-way through. I am a fan of C. S. Lewis, and about half way into this book, I seriously asked myself why Lewis wrote it. It is, as the author proclaims, a retelling of the myth and Cupid and Psyche, but the retelling is genuinely imaginative and raises questions about love, jealousy, motives, and other important issues in a thoughtful, provocative story, but this is not apparent immediately. The story is divided into two parts, and it is only in the second part that the full power of the narrative is felt. Any fan of Lewis needs to read this book.
I have read this book every few years. The latest time I read it was probably the longest gap in time since I first read the book -- and when I finally got around to rereading it, I fell in love again. I had forgotten about so much. I knew what happened, story-wise, but it was so much fun to rediscover the depth of character and themes and the powerful climax and brilliant character moments.

This is a book I would highly recommend to anyone, at any stage of spiritual development. It tackles tough questions about belief in something more than the material, the problem of pain in our world, the dichotomy of the human heart needing both logic and emotion...I could go on and on.

But the main character drives the themes! She is a flawed character -- highly flawed -- but because her flaws are realistic and relatable, she is also a sympathetic character and the things that happen around her give her narration credibility, even as she revels herself to be an untrustworthy narrator.

In many ways, the novel is a fictional exploration of the deep ideas that Lewis touches on in many of his non-fiction works (Mere Christianity, The Problem with Pain, and especially The Four Loves). But it is much, much more than that. I consider this to be C.S. Lewis' best novel and, more than being my favorite novel by Lewis, the best novel I have ever read.