The Great Divorce
TLDR: “Interesting, but also vague and confusing”
Although regarded as a classic of the Christian faith, this is actually a novel.
It’s a short story of a man who is living in a gray, depressing town. He catches a magic bus which takes him to an amazing land in the sky where he watches a series of interactions between ghosts and spirits. The ghosts are of humans on this side of heaven, and the spirits are from heaven itself (which makes the town either hell or purgatory, I’m not sure which).
Some of the interactions are heartbreaking, and others are just very confusing. I feel like it’s a book you need to read a couple of time.
It’s very short – about 150 pages. I think you need some help to understand it. I got more out of the Wikipedia page than the book itself.
What’s the overall message? I’m not sure. Something about final judgment, I presume, but that’s left open to interpretation.
Book Info
- Author
- C. S. Lewis
- Year
- Pages
- 160
- Acquired
- I have read this book. According to my records, I completed it on .
- A softcover copy of this book is currently in my home library.