A Grief Observed

Written after his wife's tragic death as a way of surviving the "mad midnight moment," A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. This work contains his concise, genuine reflections on that period: "Nothing will shake a man -- or at any rate a man like me -- out of his merely verbal thinking and his merely notional beliefs. He has to be knocked silly before he comes to his senses. Only torture will bring out the truth. Only under torture does he discover it himself." This is a beautiful and unflinchingly homest record of how even a stalwart believer can lose all sense of meaning in the universe, and how he can gradually regain his bearings.

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-20-2009; "A Grief Observed"; C. S. Lewis was a man with a passion for thoughtful words. Having read parts of this book in Lewises compilation, "A Year With C. S. Lewis" coupled with a family death at a young age. We could feel his emotion and shared in his and our...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-20-2009; Interesting Perspective; The language of the day makes this little book a bit cumbersome to read. However many of the points made in it were ones that mirror my own experience as I walk through the grief process of losing my husband and soul mate. I thought the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-19-2009; The books own title says it all...; This was a deeply personal book about the intense grief Lewis was feeling after losing his wife. This book was written 20 years after The Problem of Pain (see note below), and begun less than a month after losing his wife Helen to...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-04-2009; An Uncomfortable But Rewarding Book Journey; "A Grief Observed" is a collection of notebook entries penned by Lewis after the death of his wife. In the introduction Madeleine L'engle writes, "I am grateful to Lewis for having the courage to yell, to doubt, to kick at God in angry...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-20-2009; "A Grief Observed"; C. S. Lewis was a man with a passion for thoughtful words. Having read parts of this book in Lewises compilation, "A Year With C. S. Lewis" coupled with a family death at a young age. We could feel his emotion and shared in his and our...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Nov-24-2008; Book review; Good read of a classic, but a little dated. A few nuggets to treasure, but his bereavement was unusual in that he knew she was dying at the outset of the relationship. Not so useful for long term relationships suddenly hit by illneess or...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-16-2005; Not what I was expecting; Maybe it's because I have reached the mourning period of losing my mother where I no longer want to whallow in it. Maybe it's because I was told by many that although I'm not a Christian, I can take parts from this book; his words of...; read full review | report as inappropriate