I read it quickly and found it incredibly interesting, but it wasn’t a happy book. It wasn’t necessarily an easy book to read. Every character felt strategically placed as a representation of something that culminated into the whole of the book. When I read “Till We Have Faces”, I engaged in it the exact same way. They represent something, and they all play a part of the whole in the story. I’m sure not everyone feels this way, but for me I never find myself nitpicking the characters. When I’m reading a fairly-tale, I soak in the experience for what it is.
He somehow captured the magic that fairy-tales provide in his story. But the way Lewis wrote it, I found myself neither voting for her nor casting her down. I love this telling because the sister is so humanly flawed. In Lewis’s creation, he delves into the psyche (pun intended) of the sister (Orual) and the result is an unapologetic and raw masterpiece. This is the course of the original tale, and if you haven’t read it I urge you to check it out here. She puts some ideas into Psyche’s head that inevitably spells her demise. One of the sisters who in the original tale is portrayed as being overcome with jealousy when she witnesses Psyche’s good fortune with her invisible god. What I can tell you is that Lewis chose to elaborate on the sister’s story, not Psyche herself. I don’t want to give away spoilers, so I won’t reveal too much about how the book evolves and grows from the story of Cupid and Psyche.
So I have decided to simply write a post urging people to give this book a try. As was mentioned in some of the reviews I read about this novel, it requires many readings to even fool yourself into thinking you have a grasp on the underlying tones. But at the same time I’m not sure if I could do it justice at this point. I would love to take a deep dive into all of the underlying meanings and psychological connections of this work. I finished it in a few days despite my finals week fast approaching (this is how I know it was truly a good book! Ha ha), and I was awestruck (for lack of a better word). My favorite tale has always been “Cupid and Psyche”, and so when I came across this adaptation of that classic story I couldn’t believe it took me 28 years to find it! Photo by Mateus Campos Felipe on UnsplashĪfter reading a few reviews that spoke highly of it, I decided to embark on this journey. I found out about it while I was browsing fairy-tales and story adaptations on the internet. This was one of his last books, and apparently he considered it his best work.
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