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A Severe Mercy

Comprising most of Lewis' writings.
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A Severe Mercy

Postby Guest » January 12th, 2005, 11:08 pm

Has anyone here read A Severe Mercy? I am reading it currently, and it is proving to be good. I was a bit dissappointed when I saw that it is a love story, but it features 18 letters written by Jack Lewis, and I figured any book that features some sort of writing by C.S. Lewis must be good.
If you have heard of it or read it, let me know what you thought! Thanks.
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Re: A Severe Mercy

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Re: A Severe Mercy

Postby Sven » January 13th, 2005, 9:00 pm

Rat! he found breath to whisper, shaking. Are you afraid?
Afraid? murmured the Rat, his eyes shining with unutterable love.
Afraid! Of Him? O, never, never! And yet -- and yet -- O, Mole, I am afraid!
Then the two animals, crouching to the earth, bowed their heads and did worship.
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Re: A Severe Mercy

Postby surprisedbyjoy » March 6th, 2005, 11:29 pm

I've read A Severe Mercy and though I'm not a fan of love stories (particularly such sappy ones-gick) I enjoyed it because of Vanauken's excellent writing. And I love his sonnet about the legend of the girl who wiped Jesus' face.

The letters from Lewis in the book are extremely insightful and I wish I had the money to buy the new two-volume set of his letters.
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Re: A Severe Mercy

Postby Guest » March 16th, 2005, 3:52 pm

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Re: A Severe Mercy

Postby Guest » March 16th, 2005, 11:59 pm

I read A Severe Mercy a while back and remember it as being moving and strange. The climax of the book, I thought, was the letter that Lewis wrote Vanauken in which he uses the expression "severe mercy." Lewis condemns the Shining Barrier as something very misguided. It was almost scary reading it.
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