The ultimate question – C.S. Lewis’s crisis

Hilary Mantel
12 October 2023, The Tablet

Grief is a universal human experience but it remains mysterious and confusing as well as devastating and terrifying. In one of her finest short essays, the creator of the Wolf Hall trilogy reflects on the anger, bewilderment and shame of a celebrated Christian apologist’s response to the death of his wife.

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