Yours, Jack: The Inspirational Letters of C. S. Lewis
| AUTHOR | Lewis, C. S.; Ford, Paul F. |
| PUBLISHER | HarperCollins (05/06/2008) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
A collection of 365 readings containing the best and most compelling writing culled from more than 4,000 pages of C.S.Lewis's famous published letters.
Thoughout his life, C.S. Lewis - 'Jack' to his friends - spent a good portion of each day writing letters to people for whom he became a spiritual mentor - literally thousands of them. Contained within this vast body of correspondence is wisdom and personal insight as powerful as anything else he ever wrote or had published.
Jack's famous letters, published in their entirety in a collection consisting of three impressive volumes, reveal much about his private life, reflections, friendships and feelings, as well as all of Lewis's interests: theology, literature, poetry, fantasy, and unknown details about his world-famous Narnia stories and other books. Amongst Jack's correspondents were J.R.R. Tolkien, Dorothy L. Sayers, Owen Barfield, Arthur C. Clarke, Sheldon Vanauken and Dom Bede Griffiths.
Now, this distillation of 365 inspirational readings extracted from the letters offers an easy-to-digest look at this great author's lifetime of correspondence and drives straight to the heart of this insightful and inspirational thinker.
A collection of 365 readings containing the best and most compelling writing culled from more than 4,000 pages of C.S.Lewis's famous published letters.
Thoughout his life, C.S. Lewis - 'Jack' to his friends - spent a good portion of each day writing letters to people for whom he became a spiritual mentor - literally thousands of them. Contained within this vast body of correspondence is wisdom and personal insight as powerful as anything else he ever wrote or had published.
Jack's famous letters, published in their entirety in a collection consisting of three impressive volumes, reveal much about his private life, reflections, friendships and feelings, as well as all of Lewis's interests: theology, literature, poetry, fantasy, and unknown details about his world-famous Narnia stories and other books. Amongst Jack's correspondents were J.R.R. Tolkien, Dorothy L. Sayers, Owen Barfield, Arthur C. Clarke, Sheldon Vanauken and Dom Bede Griffiths.
Now, this distillation of 365 inspirational readings extracted from the letters offers an easy-to-digest look at this great author's lifetime of correspondence and drives straight to the heart of this insightful and inspirational thinker.
Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) fue uno de los intelectuales mas importantes del siglo veinte y podria decirse que fue el escritor cristiano mas influyente de su tiempo. Fue profesor particular de literatura inglesa y miembro de la junta de gobierno en la Universidad Oxford hasta 1954, cuando fue nombrado profesor de literatura medieval y renacentista en la Universidad Cambridge, cargo que desempeno hasta que se jubilo. Sus contribuciones a la critica literaria, literatura infantil, literatura fantastica y teologia popular le trajeron fama y aclamacion a nivel internacional. C. S. Lewis escribio mas de treinta libros, lo cual le permitio alcanzar una enorme audiencia, y sus obras aun atraen a miles de nuevos lectores cada ano. Sus mas distinguidas y populares obras incluyen Las Cronicas de Narnia, Los Cuatro Amores, Cartas del Diablo a Su Sobrino y Mero Cristianismo.