Books: Lewis the lightbearer

The C.S. Lewis centennial inspires more excellent books | George Grant

Solomon said, "Of making many books there is no end." Indeed, of making many books about C.S. Lewis there is no end. A spate of new works examining the life and influence of this remarkable man only adds to an already burgeoning cottage industry that is on the verge of becoming a publishing genre in and of itself. With the centenary celebration of his birth just a few months away, it seems that yet another burst of new books is imminent-but these four volumes are certain to be among the best of the lot.

Michael Coren is a respected G.K. Chesterton scholar. He is thus uniquely qualified to draw a new portrait of the man Chesterton so profoundly affected. In The Man Who Created Narnia, he is able to show how the various elements of C.S. Lewis's life were ultimately reflected in the fictional world of Narnia. Avoiding the pitfalls of all too many of the recent biographies of the amazing English-don-turned-apologist-biographies which have been by turns wildly hagiographical or boorishly psychoanalytical-Mr. Coren has managed to actually produce a balanced and thus welcome addition to the vast Lewis canon.

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