A Grief Observed Compact disc - 2012

by C. S. Lewis; Read by Ralph Cosham

About this book

“A Grief Observed comprises the reflections of the great scholar and Christian on the death of his wife after only a few short years of marriage. Painfully honest in its dissection of his thoughts and feelings, this is a book that details his paralyzing grief, bewilderment and sense of loss in simple and moving prose.

Invaluable as an insight into the grieving process just as much as it is as an exploration of religious doubt, A Grief Observed will continue to offer its consoling insights to a huge range of readers, as it has for over fifty years.” From publisher Faber and Faber.

From the publisher

Written after his wife's tragic death as a way of surviving the "mad midnight moments," A Grief Observed is C. S. Lewis' honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. This work contains his concise, genuine reflections on that period: "Nothing will shake a man--or at any rate a man like me--out of his merely verbal thinking and his merely notional beliefs. He has to be knocked silly before he comes to his senses. Only torture will bring out the truth. Only under torture does he discover it himself." This is a beautiful and unflinchingly honest record of how even a stalwart believer can lose all sense of meaning in the universe, and how he can gradually regain his bearings.

First Edition Identification

The book was first published in 1961 by Faber and Faber, London, under the pseudonym N.W. Clerk. Lewis wished to avoid identification as the author and referred to his wife as only ‘H’.

Details

Title A Grief Observed
Author C. S. Lewis; Read by Ralph Cosham
Binding Compact Disc
Edition Unabridged
Volumes 2
Language ENG
Publisher Blackstone Audiobooks
Date 2012
ISBN 9781470812386 / 147081238X
Weight 0.2 lbs (0.09 kg)
Dimensions 5.8 x 5.2 x 0.7 in (14.73 x 13.21 x 1.78 cm)
Themes
- Religious Orientation: Christian
Dewey Decimal Code 242.4

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