The Lion's World: A Journey into the Heart of Narnia

Short Review: The Lion's World: A Journey into the Heart of Narnia by Rowan Williams - a short and helpful book about Lewis, Narnia and how they both point back to Christianity. While I definitely gained new insight into Lewis and Narnia, what most strikes me about the book is how Rowan Williams reads Lewis generously. It is not that he reads Lewis uncritically, Williams is a scholar and is bringing scholarly tools to the task of reading Lewis. But he always gives Lewis the benefit of the doubt when there are alternative readings. He also uses Lewis's other non-Narnia books to give insight into the Narnia books. I have read over 20 books by or about Lewis in the last three years and this is one that is definitely worth picking up. Not that there are many books about Lewis that I think have been bad (but this is one of the better ones.)

It is especially a great deal if you have kindle where it is on sale for $2.51 right now.

My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/lions-world/