C. S. Lewis
A beautiful compilation of inspirational writings, featuring seven classic works in one box set. The box set includes: `Mere Christianity' `The Screwtape Letters' `Surprised by Joy' `The Four Loves' `The Problem of Pain' `The Great Divorce' `Miracles' C. S. Lewis's works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year, appealing to those seeking wisdom and calm in a hectic and ever-changing world. Each volume is written with the lucidity, warmth and wit that has made Lewis revered as a writer the world over. From `The Problem of Pain' - a wise and compassionate exploration of suffering - to the darkly satirical `The Screwtape Letters', Lewis is unrivalled in his ability to disentangle the questions of life. His writings offer hope, wisdom and a true understanding of human nature.
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- C.S. Lewis - A Grief Observed
"Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything."
I lost someone very close to me in my early 20s. Reading through the grief C.S. Lewis went through after he lost his wife was very cathartic. There will be setbacks (death, sickness, divorce, etc.) in life that will violently shake your core and make you feel as though you cannot go on. What I learned was communing with the grief, staring it straight in the face no matter how painful, is an absolute necessity. You will always carry the loss with you, but that does not mean your life has to be dominated by it.
I think his book really help me put "life" into perspective. Setbacks big or small can be overcome, and exploring the grief caused by them really helps with the process of moving past them, despite how painful it may be.
- A bunch of books by Kahlil Gibran. Read The Prophet twice.
One Hundred Years Of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Problem Of Pain by C S Lewis
Disgrace by J M Coetzee
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek
On Writing by Stephen King
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Dictionary Of The Khazars by Milorad Pavic
Candide by Voltaire
The Labyrinth Of Solitude | Life And Thought In Mexico by Ocavio Paz
I finished that last one today. Read this:
All men, at some moment in their lives, feel themselves to be alone. And they are. To live is to be separated from what we were in order to approach what we are going to be in the mysterious future. Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone, and the only one who seeks out another. His nature -- if that word can be used in reference to man, who has "invented" himself by saying "No" to nature -- consists in his longing to realize himself in another. Man is nostalgia and a search for communion. Therefore, when he is aware of himself he is aware of his lack of another, that is, of his solitude.
I recommend this old book.
