![]() ![]() I, King, have dealt with the gods for three generations of men, and I know that they dazzle our eyes and flow in and out of one another like eddies on a river, and nothing that is said clearly can be said truly about them. They demand to see such things clearly, as if the gods were no more than letters written in a book. Much less does it give them understanding of holy things. It does not even give them boldness to die. Without giving too much away, we thought we’d share a few of the novel’s most provocative passages for those who might be interested in giving the book a read. It’s the second-to-last full-length novel Lewis published, and was apparently his own favorite from among his works. The book is a liberal retelling of the Psyche and Cupid myth - but from the perspective of one of the myth’s side-characters, Psyche’s older sister Orual. Several weeks ago, members of Mockingbird’s inaugural Zoom Book Club hopped online to discuss our first book, the fascinating C. ![]()
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