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At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald
5.0
Title: At the Back of the North Wind
Author: George MacDonald
Published: 1871
Year I read it: 2008
One sentence summary: The fantastical tale of a boy named Diamond going on adventures with the North Wind and, eventually, to the land that lies at her back.
Three reasons to read it:
MacDonald's fantasy is tantamount! Chesterton, Lewis, Tolkien - they wouldn't be who they are without it.
This is a beautiful depiction both of God's sovereignty and of child-like faith.
Immersing yourself in awe & mystery for a few hundred pages does wonders for the soul
One reason you maybe shouldn't:
My brothers tease me mercilessly, saying this book is really creepy, partly because of their interpretation of the ending, partly because it's their job to tease me. (May I assure you, it's rather beautiful!)
Great quote:
I begin to think there are better things than being comfortable.
A poet is a man who is glad of something, and tries to make other people glad of it too.
Only he knew that to be left alone is not always to be forsaken.
This whole passage.
Part of my series "31 Days of Books" over at Wait and Hope
Author: George MacDonald
Published: 1871
Year I read it: 2008
One sentence summary: The fantastical tale of a boy named Diamond going on adventures with the North Wind and, eventually, to the land that lies at her back.
Three reasons to read it:
MacDonald's fantasy is tantamount! Chesterton, Lewis, Tolkien - they wouldn't be who they are without it.
This is a beautiful depiction both of God's sovereignty and of child-like faith.
Immersing yourself in awe & mystery for a few hundred pages does wonders for the soul
One reason you maybe shouldn't:
My brothers tease me mercilessly, saying this book is really creepy, partly because of their interpretation of the ending, partly because it's their job to tease me. (May I assure you, it's rather beautiful!)
Great quote:
I begin to think there are better things than being comfortable.
A poet is a man who is glad of something, and tries to make other people glad of it too.
Only he knew that to be left alone is not always to be forsaken.
This whole passage.
Part of my series "31 Days of Books" over at Wait and Hope