The Great Divorce

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. 

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperOne
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 6, 2001
Edition ‏ : ‎ Revised ed.
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0060652950
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0060652951
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 0.4 x 8 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #1,045 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1 in Modern Western Philosophy #2 in Science & Religion (Books) #7 in Philosophy Movements (Books)
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