We Remember C. S. Lewis: Essays & Memoirs

by David Graham (Editor, Contributor)

This collection of essays and memoirs from C. S. Lewis' friends, pupils, biographer, and various correspondents illustrates the breadth of influence upon today's leading evangelical writers and leaders by a man some have called the twentieth century's greatest Christian apologist.

Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Christian

160 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2001

Reviews

[Wendy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection of essays and memories of some people who knew Lewis, as students, peers or friends.

[Loyd · Rating 3 out of 5]

I suspect that C.S. Lewis would have hated this book. Not because it's a bad book (it isn't), but because it tends to venerate him as a person, something he would probably abhor.

It's a compilation of personal remembrances and essays about Lewis from some that knew him well and others that never met him, but were influenced by his work. There are revealing anecdotes about "Jack's" disorderly life--surprising for such an "ordered" mind--and his relationships with friends and literary figures such as J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams and Dorothy Sayers.

As with most anthologies, the essays cover a wide landscape both in subject and quality. Even though Lewis might bristle at the thought of such a tribute in print, I was grateful to see some of the "mundane" details of his daily life from behind the curtain of an influential literary giant.

[Denise Ballentine · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting in parts, dry and useless in others. Not a great compilation. Contains some insight into the life that Lewis lead in England, what Oxford life was like, and how others perceived him. Only for the serious, not the casual reader.

[Shelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful review and culmination of his contributions to our world of writers and great thinkers today.

[Heidi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this off and on.