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Binding: Audio CassetteDewey Decimal Number: 236.2 EAN: 9780060572945 Edition: Abridged Format: Abridged, Audiobook, Unabridged ISBN: 0060572949 Label: HarperAudio Manufacturer: HarperAudio Number Of Items: 1 Publication Date: December 01, 2003 Publisher: HarperAudio Release Date: November 25, 2003 Studio: HarperAudio Related Items: Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: The Great Divorce is C.S. Lewis's Divine Comedy: the narrator bears strong resemblance to Lewis (by way of Dante); his Virgil is the fantasy writer George MacDonald; and upon boarding a bus in a nondescript neighborhood, the narrator is taken to Heaven and Hell. The book's primary message is presented with almost oblique tidiness--"There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, in the end, 'Thy will be done.'" However, the narrator's descriptions of sin and temptation will hit quite close to home for many readers. Lewis has a genius for describing the intricacies of vanity and self-deception, and this book is tremendously persistent in forcing its reader to consider the ultimate consequences of everyday pettiness. --Michael Joseph Gross Product Description: In The Great Divorce C.S. Lewis again employs his formidable talent for fable and allegory. The writer, in a dream, boards a bus on a drizzly afternoon and embarks on an incredible voyage through Heaven and Hell. He meets a host of supernatural beings far removed from his expectations and comes to significant realizations about the ultimate consequences of everyday behavior. This is the starting point for a profound meditation upon good and evil. "If we insist on keeping Hell (or even earth) we shall not see Heaven: if we accept Heaven we shall not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell." Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great illustrations of heaven v. hell with an excellent reader (CD version)CS Lewis' Great Divorce addresses questions that many Christians and non-Christians have regarding heaven and hell. Of course, Lewis does not address or claim to address all the questions or attempt a comprehensive thesis on heaven and hell. What he does discuss adroitly are the choices that people make and the grace that God gives to all people to accept his gift of salvation or to reject it. By using various characters faced with the decision of heaven or hell with different ... Read More Rating: - We are in control of our own happinessI have been working my may through several of Lewis' books over the past year, and this is one that I really enjoyed. The more I read of Lewis, the more I appreciate his wisdom and his views on religion and mankind's purpose in life. This book reminds me of "The Screwtape Letters" in some ways since he uses a fanciful story to teach some profound truths about human nature. Instead of a series of letter from a devil to his apprentice, he has a man visiting heaven and hell and overhearing several ... Read More Rating: - Great readThis book was quick, easy, and full of amazing things. We read it in 2 weeks for a book club (which you could really do in one week) and it was interesting to see everyone else's response to it. FANTASTIC writing and allegory. Rating: - My Favorite Lewis Book!I found this book not only interesting but funny. Lewis knows how to convey serious reflections on human behavior in a humorous way which doesn't reduce their solemn significance. He weaves out of fiction an ultra-insightful analysis of the silly reasons why we are often hell-bent on NOT going to heaven. Recognizing those reasons and concentrating on overcoming some of them changed my life for the better. Ãœber-recommended!! Rating:  - redeeming qualitiesOn an artistic level I would personally rate this work by C.S. Lewis very poor. Characters are two-dimensional. Plot is developed from the perspective that Christianity is the only truth, Heaven and Hell exist for a certainty, and that there is justification for eternal damnation for those who won't see the light. Due to the heavy moralizing, this is more like a religious pamphlet than a work of fiction. Then, why four stars? Despite what I perceive to be flaws in this book,there are some extremely penetrating ... Read More 
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