

El caballo y su muchacho
Author: C. S. Lewis
Series: Las Cronicas de Narnia
Narrator: Idzi Dutkiewicz
Unabridged: 5 hr 47 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Grupo Nelson
Published: 11/21/2023
Author: C. S. Lewis
Series: Las Cronicas de Narnia
Narrator: Idzi Dutkiewicz
Unabridged: 5 hr 47 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Grupo Nelson
Published: 11/21/2023
It is a lofty goal, but many would be pleased if the work they accomplished would last well after their death, and be lauded with posthumous praise. Such is what happened to British author Clive Staples Lewis. He was born on November 29, 1898 and passed on November 22, 1963...... just prior to his 65th birthday. It was 2013 on the 50th Anniversary of Lewis' death, that he was honored by being given a memorial in Poet's Corner in West minister Abbey.
Lewis wore many professional hats......that of novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, broadcaster, lecturer, and Christian apologist. His best known work is The Chronicles of Narnia, The Screwtape Letters, and The Space Trilogy. He is the author of more than 30 books, translated into over 30 languages. As we are all aware, The Chronicles of Narnia had tremendous sales numbers and have been made popular on stage, TV, radio, and cinema.
Lewis married American author, Joy Davidman, in 1956, but sadly, she passed away only four years later from cancer at only 45 years old. Lewis then died in 1963 of renal failure.
This is probably my favorite of the Chronicles. It takes place during the Golden Age of Narnia, with the Pevensies reigning in their prime, although the story is actually set in the countries to the south of Narnia, which provides for a rather different feel to much of this novel. I always find the......more
I feel more conflicted about this book than any of the other Narnia books. On the plus side, the story is stronger and CS Lewis manages to keep his blatant editorializing to a minimum (maybe because none of the characters are transplants from wartime London). But holy crap, the modern reader will fi......more
Lame. Shasta is running away when he meets a Talking Horse named Bree. Bree and Shasta then run into another talking horse and rider pair, Hwin and Aravis. Will they gain the freedom they so desperately seek? The Horse and His Boy was completely off-brand and boring. In The Magician's Nephew and then......more
To the south of Narnia lays a vast desert, and beyond that the Calormen Empire (obviously based on the Middle Eastern Muslim world). Deep within Calormen the bedraggled and misused Thasta the 'son' of a fisherman, and Aravis, who is due to be forced into a terrible arranged marriage find themselves......more
I feel really guilty about loving this book as much as I do. I loved it as a kid and I love it now, and there is just so much wrong with it. The xenophobia is positively racist -- by page 5, we're already hearing the first of many references to the fact that the residents of Narnia are considered by......more