The Great Divorce

De: C. S. Lewis

Narrado por: Julian Rhind-Tutt

The Timeless Novel About a Bus Ride from Hell to Heaven

In The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis again employs his formidable talent for fable and allegory. The writer finds himself in Hell boarding a bus bound for Heaven. The amazing opportunity is that anyone who wants to stay in Heaven, can. This is a starting point for an extraordinary meditation upon good and evil, grace and judgment. Lewis’s revolutionary idea is the discovery that the gates of Hell are locked from the inside. Using his extraordinary descriptive powers, Lewis’s The Great Divorce will change the way we think about good and evil.

Wow..

This is the most beautiful story I've ever heard. I started this book and went for a walk and couldn't come home this evening and fear of falling asleep before I could finish it. CS Lewis really outdid himself with the story

Loved this book

Listened to this all the way through. Absolutely beautiful portrayal of our inability to let go of this world. Made me swallow hard and think harder. One to pass on through the ages.

Very Solid!

Though this novel is a work of fiction, there is much truth explained about humanity and our failed attempts to satisfy our own desires rather than surrender to God and attain His forgiveness.

Each of the bus-riders represents a woman or man that, at some point in life, questions eternity in hell or Heaven. The bus stops and everyone is allowed to step out and eventually notice that they are all ghosts, making no changes to grass as they step, not even being able to pluck a blade of grass. About halfway through, the main character meets a Scotsman (voiced very well by the narrator - all the voices were) who tries to draw him closer to the mountain rather than back to the bus. They have great discussions about the other characters but, more importantly, about what God desires for all of us, to be with Him in Paradise.

I do wish there was a better ending to the book. However, this book is just like the bus-ride and stop on a grassy plain: to be educational and make us think of God’s Love rather than ourselves. Very well done, C. S. Lewis! Well done to Julian Rhind-Tutt, also, for wonderful narration of both males and females, some with accents.

This book is a clear picture of how we hold ourselves back from the salvation that is generously offered by the Creator of all things. We’re still on this earth because the Lord has a plan for us. I pray that, as you read this book, you surrender your will to God’s and thank Him for His Love.

Great book

I love this book. I have listened to it at least three times. I highly recommend.

Intriguing

The imagery was fantastic. I especially enjoyed the references to scripture. The narrator did well and kept a nice pace, although there were a few moments when the accents caused me to need to rewind.

Everyone Should Read

I love C.S. Lewis and this is one of my favorites of his. Highly highly recommend reading.

Amazing, but I am still processing it

I don’t think I can write a critical review after having just finished the book. However, I will try to write some of my brief thoughts. The book is written in an approachable fashion; I think most anyone could glean something from it. It begins relatively non-religious and he gradually navigates his way into deep theologically provocative thoughts in an interesting and convicting story. I would recommend it to anyone.

A Glimpse into the Afterlife

A perspective of life after death, and an attempt to make earthly sense out of the spiritual and eternal reality of our future life. It make some sense out what we understand to be heaven, purgatory and our own hell after death, and how our life on earth shapes us now and into eternity. How we can get caught up in our own self righteousness, our own pity and how the struggle to break free after death becomes such a challenge, but still possible if we could just let go of our chains that hold us down.
I highly recommend to all that want to grow ever so closer to the kingdom and who have eyes to see.

what a view

As with any great story this one absorbes you into it's world. It transports you with the touch of reality and truth. Then teaches somthing if we but listen.
well worth my time, and hopefully yours.

Out of this world outstanding!

The characters, the personalities and the portrayals of their lives and humanity. So fascinating how Lewis kept his audience interested in these stories and landscapes. The allegorical world of this book was filled with a great sense of wonder and realism that is not to be overlooked or forgotten by today’s readers.