HuffPost Arts & Books
"What makes Lewis’ writing so profoundly soothing? Though fantasy novels often purport to allow readers to escape from the annoyances of real life, Narnia has a homey magic you’re unlikely to find in the work of Lewis’ friend J.R.R. Tolkien; even the charmed Harry Potter novels venture into darker, more remorseless terrain as the series winds on. With a disregard for the grittier mechanics of world-building (which famously irritated master fantasist Tolkien) and a not-so-secret Christian message, Lewis somehow knits the most seductive fragments of fantasy and religion together into what is essentially a cozy literary afghan for the soul." (Read more here)
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