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Till We Have Faces
by C.S. Lewis
Lewis's retelling of Cupid and Psyche from the jealous sister's view: a complaint against the gods that becomes self-knowledge. His own favorite and his best novel.
Read it if…
you want Lewis's deepest fiction.
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Skip it if…
you want Narnia.
Try instead: God in the Dock →
Three things you will actually use
- Our complaints reveal us.
- Love can be possession.
- We must have faces before we can be seen.
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Read it through; the ending reframes everything.
Our verdict
Lewis's masterpiece.
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